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“‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.’” Matthew 5:4 A friend in times of grief This past week, three St. Andrew’s families lost loved ones suddenly and unexpectedly. Whenever a friend or even an acquaintance experiences such a loss most people instinctively want to comfort them—they deliver food or send cards or…
Tonight the weather is forecast to be cold and rainy. It will be a challenge for many to get off the couch and leave the warm house to come to church and hear about…well, ashes. For some, Ash Wednesday is a perplexing service. Why would you want to hear the pastor pronounce: “you are dust…
“Immediately the father of the child cried out, ‘I believe; help my unbelief!’ Mark 9:24 Letting Go and Letting God At our January Session meeting, I asked who would be rotating off Session at the end of 2022. Three stalwart elders raised their hands. Suddenly, I wished I hadn’t asked. I wasn’t quite prepared to…
Greetings! For those of you who weren’t at church last week, let me catch you up. There was an accident in the parking lot (or as Kirk Grier put it, there was an “auto event”). Everyone is okay. Nobody got hurt. Cars got hurt. There is nothing more unsettling than the sound of crunching metal…
Dear Friends, If you are Facebook friends with Steve Jacobsen, you may have seen that he recently reposted a piece from Rabbi Steven Cohen in which he describes what Christmas looks like through the eyes of a Jewish kid (you can read it here). It is a very insightful post that poses several questions about…