Dec 8, 2011 | Advent/Lent, Being the Church
God of Promise,we turn to You from a broken world,bringing all our hopes to Your altar: we hope for healing that gives abundant life we hope for equality that brings wholeness we hope for peace that abides God of Promise,we turn to You with loved ones on our...
Dec 1, 2011 | Advent/Lent, Being a Minister, Being the Church
You cannot force a sermonWhich helps to keep it holy.Strange how Wednesday anxietyHas turned to Friday calmThough I am no closer(from the looks of things)to being ready for Sunday.The minutes tick byand I sit herelike a midwife.The very atmosphere is pushing.I...
Nov 30, 2011 | +Pam Durso, Community
Fifty years ago, on November 30, 1961, I was born. So yes, today is my fiftieth birthday. In some ways, the number fifty shocks me. I can’t believe I have really been around that long. I feel so much younger than what I thought fifty would feel like, and some...
Nov 28, 2011 | Advent/Lent, Being the Church, Motherhood and Ministry
Last Christmas we were expecting our first child, and it was hard not to put myself in Mary’s shoes. There was a new dimension of meaning for the season that can only come when you are expecting. What will he look like? Will he have my eyes or Nathan’s nose? How big...
Nov 22, 2011 | Finding God in the Everyday
Over the past year and a half, the list of things I am thankful for has changed and grown. When expressing thanks, I often find myself using the phrase “it’s the little things.” Those things that are often overlooked, often brushed past or unnoticed...
