Category: Pastor’s Weekly Message

Friends: ‘Hatred is too deep a burden for anyone to carry.’  Martin Luther King (April 4 was the 50th Anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination; the resurrection of his dream is still going on) Easter...

Friends: “It helps now and then to step back and take the long view.  The Love of God is not only beyond our efforts; it is even beyond our vision.”  This quote (continued at...

Friends: FORUM – Peace as Sanctuary this Sunday, March 18:  We will have a Skype Conversation with staff members of LIRS/Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services in Baltimore and Washington DC.  They are the official...

Friends: For 3,300 years the Exodus story has been the core of Judaism and Christianity and it has inspired numerous Liberation struggles throughout history.  We need to understand and re-imagine the Exodus Story for...

Friends: “I am prayer. (Ps. 109: 4) There are three rungs to this ladder:  Third best is to talk about prayer.  Second best is to pray. Best is to be prayer.” “How Did We...

Friends: “Unless you are born of the Spirit you cannot enter the fullness of God.  That which is born of flesh is flesh, that which is born of the spirit is spirit.  Do not...

Friends: “To be born a human being is rarer than a star that shines by day.”  Tibetan saying. Family Service this Sunday: We will celebrate Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras and Transfiguration.  Am I missing...

Friends: “The virtues of suffering: Due to the shock suffering causes us, our arrogance falls away – we see life more clearly; Suffering also gives rise to compassion for all others who are suffering;...

Friends: Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people’s approval...