Archive for 'Spirituality' Category
Jul 4th, 2009 by Webmaster |
FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
Dear Friends,
I’m a little slow on the uptake — enjoying summer too much, I guess. Yesterday, June 24th, was the Feast of St. John the Baptist. For most of us, that might slip by with not even a blip on the screen. But I ran across an […]
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May 11th, 2009 by Webmaster |
EASTER MUSINGS #5
Have you ever wondered to yourself, ‘Where is God hiding?” I have. The Gospel of John talks about God being Spirit — and it’s hard to ’see’ Spirit. It is probably one of our biggest challenges to faith — trusting something/someone we can’t see and touch. But is that so?
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May 11th, 2009 by Webmaster |
Here is a question for the day (or week to come): How does your image of the resurrection influence your access to Christ? If you had been present at the moment of the resurrection of Jesus, what would you have seen? If there had been a video camera outside the tomb, what […]
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May 11th, 2009 by Webmaster |
EASTER MUSINGS #3
There are two important questions for Christians to live into during this season of Easter:
–What difference does my baptism make?
–How will we know the risen Christ is in our lives today?
The Great Fifty Days of Easter (known as Eastertide) became the honeymoon season for all Christians. For fifty glorious […]
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Mar 26th, 2009 by Webmaster |
FOURTH WEEK IN LENT
Commit your life to God
and justice will dawn for you.
Your integrity will shine
like the noonday sun.
Psalm 37: 5-6
About a dozen of us are preparing to attend a retreat at the House of Prayer. The focus of the weekend will be learning about the […]
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Mar 20th, 2009 by Webmaster |
THIRD WEEK IN LENT
O God, you alone are gracious, good,
and this is cause to give you thanks.
We praise you for the love you’ve shown
which never knows a limit but lasts forever.
Let every creature touched by mercy’s hand declare
that they have been redeemed from evil’s grasp.
For you, […]
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Mar 10th, 2009 by Webmaster |
SECOND WEEK IN LENT
Dear Friends,
In the mid-90’s, I completed a two year program at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Guidance. It was a time that greatly deepened my own spiritual journey and I had the opportunity to be influenced by such people as Tilden Edwards, Gerald May and Rosemary Dougherty — foundational people in […]
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Mar 10th, 2009 by Webmaster |
First Week in Lent
Dear Friends,
During the next weeks in Lent, I will offer a short reflection on the upcoming Gospel for Sunday. I hope it will be helpful to prepare for our weekly time of worship together, and to encourage you in your own Lenten Journey.
“Calling the crowd to join his disciples, […]
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Jan 8th, 2009 by Cindy P-W |
The Feast of the Epiphany
In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born… wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising and have come to pay him homage.” Matthew 2: […]
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Jan 6th, 2009 by Cindy P-W |
A HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR!
As I waited for the year to turn over last night, I sat and thought about ‘time’. What do I do with time in my life? What should I be doing with my time? How about you? How do you look at the time you have been […]
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