Martin Luther once wrote, “You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.” We all have the moral obligation to use words and actions—God’s word and our voices, hands and feet—to serve our neighbors and proclaim the gospel. The world is truly chaotic, and we are only now beginning to realize the extent to which we are connected to one another. Now is the time to speak. Now is the time to be the church that speaks God’s reign into reality.
Read MoreLast night, the Church Council gathered for their monthly meeting. At the meeting we discussed how best to respond to the Coronavirus as individuals and a community of faith. I write to you now to share how the church leadership and I are responding in this time of need. Please know the Church Council is in regular communication with one another and, in the event that local protocols should change, we will keep you updated as soon as possible.
Read MoreRemember you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Every year we come here to our sanctuary in the evening hours of a winter night and walk forward to receive black ash pressed into our foreheads in the shape of a cross as we hear these words – you are dust and to dust you shall return. These words are an ominous reminder of the fragility of life and our own mortality.
Read MoreThe acronym FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) is one that we often hear and perhaps experience. The stories of the women in this Gospel lesson show them missing out, or at risk of missing out. Jairus’ twelve-year-old daughter is, in her culture, at the cusp of adulthood — as in our culture she would be on the cusp of increasing responsibilities and independence. The death of a young person with a full life ahead of them seems somehow harder to bear than other deaths; we reflect on all the things that person will miss out on.
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