Category: Pastor’s Weekly Message

Grace Waves Friends: “We normally win the kind of eternity for which or lives prepare us.”  Socrates All Saints will be celebrated this Sunday, Nov. 6 with a special “Markingsmass” incorporating the writings of...

Grace Waves Friends: It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends.  But to befriend those who regard themselves as your enemy—this is the quintessence of true religion.  The other is mere business....

Grace Waves Friends: The world depends upon the sounds of children as they learn. How joyous our last Family Service to see our toddlers wandering, exploring and preaching.  Thanks to Pr. Margareta for the opening of...

Grace Waves Friends: Thirst I walk out into the marvels of creation – and all the way God has given us such beautiful lessons. O Lord, grant me in your mercy, a little more...

Grace Waves Friends: Primal freedom is the willingness to face and embrace the responsibility for our lives and encourage the wellbeing of others.  Without this freedom we suffer intently when we don’t get what...

Grace Waves Friends: The ignorant say to themselves, ‘All things are accidental; there is no justice on earth, and after death there is nothing.’ They think that they know; their minds move on the...

Grace Waves Friends: Gracious God:  Days pass and years vanish as we walk sightless among miracles.  Open our eyes, clear our minds, awaken our  understanding.   Let there be moments when your Presence—like candlelight or lightning,...

Grace Waves Friends – a prayer for those caught in the Orlando tragedy. Almighty God, you who overcome the arrow that flies by day and the terror that stalks by night: guard our going out...

Grace Waves Friends: In the great ancient religious and ethical traditions of humankind we find the directive: You shall not kill! Or in positive terms: Have respect for life! Let us reflect anew on...

Grace Waves Friends: You do not have to be better – Really! You are not obligated to change.   There are huge pressures all around for us to “fix” ourselves—to be better people. We...