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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Imagine life in 1971 if you can. Cigarette advertising was permanently banned on television and radio Chemists at Berkeley announce the first synthetic production of a growth hormone The Baltimore Colts defeat the Dallas Cowboys NASDAQ established in New York City The Vietnam War continues Muhammad Ali loses to Joe Frazier in the “Fight of… Read More »

The Olympic Rings made their debut in 1913.  They are five interconnected, equal-size rings in the colors of blue, yellow, black, green, and red.  They symbolized the peoples of five continents working together celebrating sport.  What a wonderful image. It’s also an image of the world that is in favor with God’s desire for God’s… Read More »

Tomorrow is the 4th of July.  One of my favorite songs often sung during this period of reflection on America is the hymn “O Beautiful for Spacious Skies”.  I love how it invokes the landscape of our country, taking us out of our narrow spaces to something much bigger, something with possibilities. As I thought… Read More »