Bishop Spence used to remind us that we are people of the resurrection. That reminder is important to hear.  It’s a reminder that we are called to be the people of what will be not the people of what used to be. Our way of being is to trust that God is always making all… Read More Deep Trust

Spring, to me, is the time when the natural world around us wakes up again. Budding plants, birds singing, warmth, more daylight,  all signs of coming of the more readily seen life all around us. This experience helps our understanding of the resurrection that we celebrate at Easter (and every Sunday) but only to a… Read More Waking Up

We join with Christians around the world in observing the season of Lent, a time for prayer, fasting, generosity, and reflection. Bishop Susan Bell is recommending two books for study during the season of Lent: Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe and A Spirituality of Fundraising by Henri Nouwen. Read more… Read More Making our Lenten Pilgrimage

This time of year is a time of longing. Longing for warm days, melting snow, sprouting plants. It’s natural to long for the return of the nice weather.  It’s funny though, how the same weather can cause a different response depending on when it happens. A new snowfall in mid December puts folks in a… Read More It’s All Grace

Much of what we have traditionally practiced during Lent, are practices whose aim is to make us mindful of the presence of God and our relationship to God.  Practices such as giving up something or committing to something new bring us to mindfulness of God through the effort involved in commitment. Such practices call us… Read More Keeping a mindful Lent