6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. It has been five years since your last settled and installed pastor… Read More »
Showers of Blessings – Abundant Grace
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we can ask or think, according to the power at work within us. Ephesians 3:20 One of our family traditions is a few days in the mountains of West Virginia at a place called… Read More »
Righteous Violence?
In the scripture reading for this past Sunday, we were confronted with an episode of violence. The Prophet Elijah had directed the prophets of the god Baal be killed. Although not named as such in the biblical record, this was what was called the Wadi Kishon Massacre and the numbers killed (to prevent an evil… Read More »
Lightbearers to the World
Show your colors in June at Greenbelt Community Church! The AI assistance statement you get when you look up “light spectrum” reads: The visible light spectrum is the segment of the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can view. More simply, this range of wavelength is called visible light. Typically, the human eye can… Read More »
Be Gentle
It is time for my annual message to people: Be gentle with each other this weekend. Sunday is Mother’s Day, and that day does not mean a Hallmark moment for everyone. Allow your friends and relatives and members of your church and associations deal with this day as they need. Certainly, there are many of… Read More »
Yearnings
This past weekend I had the privilege to spend the weekend in Retreat with 14 women from GCC. We returned to the Retreat Center run by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) at Bethany Beach. A little misty cool weather did not deter us from walking over to the beach (including some who checked out… Read More »
Ministry of Tenderness
John 12:1-8 12 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped them with… Read More »
Eat a Cookie
A meme was posted on Facebook featuring Peppermint Patty and Snoopy. Peppermint Patty asks: “What can you do when everything seems hopeless?” Snoopy’s response is: “Eat a cookie?” There are cookies and coffee, tea and cold beverages downstairs in the Social Hall following every Sunday morning service. We are experiencing a time when there is… Read More »
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
Today is Ash Wednesday. For some this is a familiar spiritual practice. For others the question marks remain – why? Totally to be expected. Not all churches have observed this day of repentance and the imposition of ashes. In my childhood and youth, the only symbols of this spiritual practice were those seen on the… Read More »
Welcome Christmas
One of my favorite Christmas specials is “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” by Dr. Seuss. The captivating (in the truest sense of the word – captivating our ears over and over once we have heard it) is the Welcome Christmas Song. Fah who for-aze! Dah who for-aze! Welcome Christmas Bring your cheer Fah who for-aze!… Read More »
