This a very interesting article that addresses several issues that face our church today but I am drawn to it not for the issues as much as for the image of God that it conjers up. Please let me know your thoughts. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/opinion/27kristof.html
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One rule while I was growing up and in my own house now was that no Christmas was put away until after the Epiphany, (though the official end to the church season is next week when we celebrate The Baptism of the Lord). Consequently, I also do not immediately put up decorations on Thanksgiving. I believe…
I am going to have to apologize for my lack of content but I have spent several hours trying to get this blog up and running again and all being done by trial and error. But in the spirit of Lent, “less grievance/more gratitude” I will leave it at that. I hope you subscribe to…
“Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;” Romans 13:13 Here we are again, in the season of light, experiencing a dark and dreary day due to a snowstorm. Because of this, it was hard to find my mojo and tap into what I wanted to bring…
Jesus has entered Jerusalem.They proclaimed:”Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the LordPeace in heaven and glory in the highest.”Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” He said in reply, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out.”Luke 19:38-39Jesus empowers his followers,…
Not sure if you heard of this event but it took place on Friday and there was much hullabaloo because it wasn’t broadcast in any way. Initially I was put out by “not being invited to the party” but then I realized that there have been many parties that I haven’t been invited too and I…
If you have been following the blog for a while you know that we are supporters of a village in the South Sudan. We have been blessed to meet an extraordinary man who has committed his life to helping the village that was destroyed during the Sudanese civil war. As one of the Lost Boys,…
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Hmmmm. Whose life is more valuable, the mother’s or baby in the womb? They’re equally valuable! And what about the woman’s other four children who would be attending their mother’s funeral? Heavy stuff. Edna G.
Edna, welcome and thank you for your comment. I agree wholeheartedly. I find the position of the Bishop completely without compassion or reason for that matter. We seem to get hooked on the value of life only during development in the womb…we need a whole life, whole compassion approach. I applaud that nuns courage as well as the administrators of the hospital!