Good Friday and Earth Day: A Providential Convergence by William P. Brown and Stanley P. Saunders By a rare coincidence Earth Day falls on Good Friday this year, the first time ever. (The next time is in 2095.) “Good Friday” is the day Christians commemorate Christ’s crucifixion. Earth Day calls attention to the [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Good Friday, Earth Day
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Child’s Sorrow – A Child’s Hope
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“How does she tell their 2 year old that her father died?” That was the question posed to me at 5:00 this morning. I was stumped. How do you explain something like death to a 2 year old? It’s my worst fear, not that I will die, but that someone will have to explain it [...]
Heroines
Posted in Uncategorized on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we attended a seder meal for the first night of Passover with friends in our community. It was a beautiful, if a bit chaotic, evening. The meal went on for hours as we moved through all the symbolic foods and wine, shared in the story of the Exodus, relaxed with our friends, and [...]
Stations of the Cross
Posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Near my office in Norcross is an outdoor ‘Stations of the Cross’ path that allows the celebrant to take a step out of the busyness and routine to a place that is refreshed, energized, enlightened, spiritually awakened- an ordinary space made sacred space- through a purposeful, peaceful walk through the stations. As we celebrate this [...]
Light through the Cracks
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
from Gary Garrett: Pencil-thin sunlight, tiny beams of intense light, bursting with energy and hope, spilling in and flowing in the cracks between tree limbs and barn doors and drives through the country-side. Light bursting through, unexpectedly- intense and important and renewing- reminds me of the Wednesday morning conversation surrounding the Lenten writings of Henri [...]
Integrity
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
All the reasons I love the United Church of Christ became very clear to me yesterday. I cannot go into details, but suffice it to say, I work for an organization that chose the cowardly way rather than bearing witness to a God of extravagant welcome. The whole mess reminded me of the internal conflict [...]
My peace I give to you
Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’m sitting on my front porch, listening to the trickle of water in the fountain and the hum of crickets. I know there is unrest in much of the world, maybe even down the street. But right here, in this moment, in my small corner of the world, there is peace. I give thanks for [...]
Elephants
Posted in Uncategorized on April 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I have always been drawn to elephants. They are fascinating creatures who exhibit a wide range of emotional and social behavior. One of the characteristics that attracts me most is their interaction with the dead and dying members of their herds. Elephants are known to travel great distances to visit the bones of their deceased [...]
