Archive for December 2012

Christianity is often called the most materialistic of all faiths, because of the message of Emmanuel—the Word became a human being. God pitched her/his tent among us. God is with us. This is good news of great joy, which shall be to all people! How we interpret the Christmas story influences what we think the…

Christianity is often called the most materialistic of all faiths, because of the message of Emmanuel—the Word became a human being. God pitched her/his tent among us. God is with us. This is good news of great joy, which shall be to all people! How we interpret the Christmas story influences what we think the…

In our Advent meditation booklet, “Jesus, Beloved Son,” Henry Nouwen reminds us that we are called to make time to pray not because we feel like praying or because it gives us great insight, but simply because we want to be obedient. We want to listen. Nouwen traces the word listen to its Latin root,…

In our Advent meditation booklet, “Jesus, Beloved Son,” Henry Nouwen reminds us that we are called to make time to pray not because we feel like praying or because it gives us great insight, but simply because we want to be obedient. We want to listen. Nouwen traces the word listen to its Latin root,…

Last Sunday in our time of prayer a member of the congregation remembered Rosa Parks. Ms. Parks started the Montgomery Bus Boycott when, on December 1, 1955, she refused to give up her place on the bus. When I went to her website, I learned that in 1943 this same Rosa Parks had been forced…