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Posts Tagged: hope
June 3, 2022
Hope like a green shoot What I noticed preaching for presbytery by Ken Rummer “Like a green shoot pushing up through scorched earth.” I had just spoken these words when I noticed the listening. Heads tilted for a better view. Silence pooled in the pause. They were listening, really listening. I was preaching for… Read more »
February 10, 2021
Why Church? By Samuel Son Why?! It’s my children’s favorite word. And I have three of them! They love asking “Why?” Why is the sky blue? Why do we go to church on Sundays? Why do I have to play piano? At first, I thought, I’ve got philosophers! So, I answered their questions with great patience…. Read more »
January 4, 2021
Looking for the new in a new year Of calendars and hope and new snow by Ken Rummer Happy New Year, everybody! Or, as we sing along with José Feliciano in “Feliz Navidad,” his fifty-year holiday hit: Próspero año y felicidad (A prosperous and happy new year). Despite the crises and disasters of the year… Read more »
December 4, 2020
Looking for signs of hope: Maple buds and brimming cups by Ken Rummer Look for signs of hope. The teachers of resilience offer this wisdom to the storm-tossed, the overwhelmed, the anxious. You may be way ahead of me here, but it’s advice I’m trying to take. A couple of weeks ago—it was on a… Read more »
March 22, 2019
Lenten ‘one mores’ Hope and love in the dark valley by Donna Frischknecht Jackson Even though I walk through the darkest valley … you are with me. — Psalm 23 It is Lent and I have found myself walking in one of the darkest valleys one can walk — the valley of death…. Read more »
November 29, 2018
A season of light A litany for the lighting of the Advent wreath by Magdalena I. García ‘You are the light of the world.’ – Matthew 5:14-16 Read the full passage here ADVENT 1 Into the darkness of our apathy, come, Lord Jesus, and bring the light of your care. Into the darkness of our… Read more »
January 19, 2018
Finding God in the Junk Drawer A much-needed reminder to ‘watch for God’ by Donna Frischknecht Jackson God spoke to me the other day. I wasn’t standing on some mountaintop. Nor was I lying prostrate on the floor. I wasn’t even kneeling in the quiet of the old sanctuary of the little rural church… Read more »
November 11, 2016
A path where there is none A resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on Luke 21:5-19 by Magdalena I. García Path built by neighbors on the 3200 South block of Aberdeen Street, in Chicago. Camino construido por el vecindario en la cuadra 3200 al sur de la calle Aberdeen, en Chicago. Still, not a hair… Read more »
November 20, 2015
You can take the pastor out of the church, but you can’t take the Church out of the pastor. What I would preach after Paris and BeirutThe birth pangs of a new world by Derrick L. Weston As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what… Read more »
July 24, 2015
You can take the pastor out of the church, but you can’t take the Church out of the pastor. I planted flowersHow an urban park project with youth defied hopelessness by Derrick Weston I’ve been working with a group of high school students for the last three weeks. We are fixing up an urban… Read more »