Monthly Archives: October 2019

A Season of Peace: Sunday, October 6, 2019

Partaking in peace in worship and at table this World Communion Sunday and through the Peace & Global Witness Offering  Giving and receiving our portion  Rev. Dr. Alonzo Johnson  Lamentations 3:24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in God.”  Reflection: Today’s text from Lamentations comes from a dark time… Read more »

A Season of Peace: Saturday, October 5, 2019

Making peace by supporting refugees and migrants A preferential option for the poor Joseph Jadway Marasigan Matthew 8:20 (NIV) Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” Reflection: The passage above tells readers that Jesus was virtually a homeless person. He stayed… Read more »

A Season of Peace: Friday, October 4, 2019

Making peace by supporting refugees and migrants What makes a home?  Ekama Eni Psalm 84:3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.  Reflection: What is home? Where is home? For some… Read more »

A Season of Peace: Thursday, October 3, 2019

Making peace by supporting refugees and migrants Hearers and doers Rev. Dr. Robert B. Woodruff Matthew 7:24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.” Reflection: Our church was recently asked to be a long-term host site providing transitional… Read more »

A Season of Peace: Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Making peace by supporting refugees and migrants Narrow gates Rev. Raafat L. Zaki Matthew 7:13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life,… Read more »

A Season of Peace: Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Making peace by supporting refugees and migrants Witness to God’s love for all people Joseph Jadway Marasigan Matthew 7:1–2 NIV “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”  Reflection: As… Read more »