Dear Friends, Finally, I see light at the end of the tunnel—and so far, at least, it doesn’t appear to be an oncoming train! Perhaps you have felt it also. A couple of warmer days this week was certainly a boost. Taking a walk without being...
Resurrection. New life. Second chances. Redemption. A fresh start. These are all good ways to talk about the meaning of Easter. Last Sunday, what churches call Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday, marked the beginning of Holy Week. During this week Christians trace Jesus’ journey from his...
It is ten days until Easter. Ten days to complete our Lenten journey, to contemplate Jesus’ act of sacrificial love that will end on a cross next Friday. Whether it has felt like a long forty days to you, or whether the time seems to...
Tomorrow we will live out our faith by worshiping through serving our community. Twice a year, Calvary gathers at our normal time and place, Sunday, 10:00 a.m., for “Be the Kingdom Sunday.” We show up in jeans and tennis shoes, wearing Presbyterian-blue Calvary t-shirts. After...
What did you, could you think as they pounded through your open palms forcing coarse, bloody iron nail to sink deep into the splintered wood? Did you feel the grasp of panic, that sudden, stomach-wrenching sense that this, at the very last, is it no further chance of changing, turning back? Were...
How do you handle waiting? I don’t know anyone who actually likes to wait, but waiting is a pretty regular part of all our lives. We wait in line and in traffic. We wait on our spouse or children. We wait on the nurse to...
Lenten Sermons Found HERE February 11 Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? February 14 Ash Wednesday Community Service Community dinner at 6:00 p.m followed by a Taizé Worship Service 7:00 p.m. February 18 The Revolutionary Jesus February 25 The Gentle Jesus March 4 Why Sacraments? A special service of Baptism and Communion March 11 The...
He is risen! He is risen, indeed! We had a glorious celebration of Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday, and I trust yours was, too. The sanctuary was beautifully adorned with Easter lilies, spring bulbs in pink, purple and yellow bloom, and white paraments—cloth coverings for the...
As I sit at my desk writing and working this morning, I hear our church organist in the background practicing for Sunday’s Easter service. If you can’t be inspired by the strains of Jesus Christ Is Risen Today, Thine Is the Glory, and The Hallelujah...