Allowing Time
This Wednesday, right in the middle of Lent, 9 months before Christmas, we celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation – the commemoration of the Angel Gabriel’s visit to Mary when God said, “Have I got an...
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I read a post in a public forum recently from a man who had a disagreement with some colleagues. He repeated several times that he didn’t understand what he’d done to create this situation and shared...
View ArticleHow Will You Be Changed?
Read A Better Resurrection by Christina Rossetti I have no wit, no words, no tears; My heart within me like a stone Is numb’d too much for hopes or fears; Look right, look left, I dwell alone; I lift...
View ArticleThe Social Justice of Silence
by Brian Cole Read “The grace of Easter is a great silence, an immense tranquility, and a clean taste in your soul. It is the taste of heaven, but not the heaven of some wild exaltation. The Easter of...
View ArticleGethsemani and Calcutta
-by Brian Cole READ Oh God, we are one with You. You have made us one with You. You have taught us that if we are open to one another, You dwell in us. Help us to preserve this openness and to fight...
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by Scott Gunn Read Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them,...
View ArticleAnd Suddenly!
Read And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” -Luke 2:13-14 Reflect This...
View ArticleThe Gospel Is in Our Hands
by David Sibley Read So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods...
View ArticleThe Spirit Means Business
Read When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where...
View ArticleThese Words Gave Me Hope
Almost a decade ago I had three important people in my life die within 2 months. Mixed with a stressful job situation, I found myself unsettled, upset, and lost in my grief. And, unfortunately I was...
View ArticleWalking the Way
Holy Week has begun. We begin with palms and songs. Shouts of joy. Hosanna in the highest! And we pray. Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his...
View ArticleAlleluia! Christ is Risen! Where are the deviled eggs…
Read While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to...
View ArticleA Wrinkle in Eternal Time
by Megan Castellan Read Rejoice now, heavenly hosts and choirs of angels, And let your trumpets should Salvation For the victory of our mighty King Rejoice and sing...
View ArticleSharing Our Easter Story
by Rachel Jones Read 15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where...
View ArticleBroken Bread
-by Maria Ross READ As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and...
View ArticleGod Wants More of Us
-Anna Courie READ 46: …“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”….50: And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. -Matthew 27:46, 50 REFLECT When I was diagnosed...
View ArticleReturning to Future Joy
-Rachel Jones Read Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter them; I will offer thanks to the LORD. -Psalm 118:19 Reflect At the Forward Movement’s main office, we’ve been playing the game...
View ArticleGod of the Living
-David Creech Read Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, saying, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no...
View ArticleHow Are You Changed?
-David Sibley Read When the temple police had brought the apostles, they had them stand before the council. The high priest questioned them, saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this...
View ArticleLet It Be
-Maria Kane Read In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name...
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