I never feel more appreciative of my feet than the morning after I have been on them all day the day before. When I have danced like we did last evening at our Youth Prom Night, when I have stood on concrete all day in bare feet, when I hiked, when I wore my feet out (or so I think), I begin…
As we were preparing for Peter’s first Valentine’s Day, I did the thing the parents everywhere do – I allowed my child to cry for a moment while I made beautiful art. I painted his little feet red and made them into a heart. I was writing the inside of his first little valentines when I realized something I should have known…
On good recommendations, I have been reading the book, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. This has been an excellent true story of perseverance, teamwork, and fighting the systems of this world with the commitment to values of the next. Nine young men who are counted out of the prestigious…
It was early in the morning when they went to his tomb. I wonder if any of them had slept the night. They had to wait through the Sabbath in order to prepare his body. I can imagine each of them restless waiting for the breaking of the dawn, so that they could go and attend to their broken hearts in the…
Sunrise Service Sermon by Karen Hruz It had been the worst two and a half days of their lives. First the Master had brought them to the Garden of Gethsemane just outside of Jerusalem to pray, but instead they fell asleep, after all it was late. Perhaps if they had been awake and watchful they would have noticed the torches of the…
On this Night, these words are spoken in the midst of each Seder. As Jews gather around the table to remember the Passover and Exodus, the rituals are very prescribed. The words of this night are teaching words. Each and every one present knows the words that will be spoken before they are even uttered. The family gathers around the table and…
We join Jesus in Garden of Gesthamene, where Jesus has often joined us. When we cry out to God, when we suffer, when we want it all to be different somehow – when we have no idea even how to offer to God to change the current course of action. We cry out – sometimes with words and sometimes without even the…
8:30 a.m. Service 2-Part Sermon The Lord has Need of You! Getting ready for an event is all hands on deck! Preparation tasks range from the glamorous to mundane and uninteresting. The Lord has need of YOU! Imagine the conversation between the two disciples tasked with getting the young colt. “Jesus is healing and changing people’s lives!” “Yea, Isn’t it incredible?” “And…
I wonder if you have heard either of these… How many televangelists does it take to change a light bulb? One. But for the message of light to continue to shine, send in your donation today. And how about this one? Two men working in a factory were talking. ‘I know how to get some time off,’ said one. ‘How are you…
It was not so long ago that my family was gathered in the kitchen as Steve was making grilled cheese. He cut the cheese and counted it to prepare for each sandwich. I slyly, I thought, took a piece of cheese off one of the piles of cheese. Soon after, Steve asked who the cheese thief was. I jokingly asked Felicity, our…