Pastor’s Blog

A DIARY OF DAILY PRAYER 30 May 2020   Opening Sentences (responsive)                        Psalm 100 (Stephen  Mitchell) Sing to the Lord, all creatures! Worship him with your joy, praise him with the sound of your laughter. Know that we all belong to him, that he is our source and our home. Enter his light with… Read More »

A DIARY OF DAILY PRAYER 29 May 2020   Opening Sentences (responsive)                                                                                . Have you not known?  Have you not heard? Those who seek for and wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; They shall walk and not… Read More »

A DIARY OF DAILY PRAYER 28 May 2020   Opening Sentences (responsive)                                                                                . Blessed are the sorrowful; they shall find consolation. In the tender mercy of our God the dawn from on high will break upon us, to shine on those who live in darkness, under the shadow of death, and to guide our… Read More »

Daily Devotion for May 27, 2020 – Being Eastered   The devotion for today is a look back at one of Bill’s Easter sermons, this one from April 21, 2019.  On that day we gathered in the sanctuary in the usual way, we flowered the cross, we sang “Jesus Christ is Risen Today,” and many… Read More »

A DIARY OF DAILY PRAYER 26 May 2020   Opening Sentences (responsive)                                                                          . What does the Lord require of us? To do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God. What does God command of us? To love God with all our heart, and all our soul, and all our… Read More »

  A DIARY OF DAILY PRAYER 25 May 2020   Opening Sentences (responsive) Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good. God’s steadfast love endures forever. The Lord will make a feast for all people and destroy the power of death forever. Glory and power and wisdom and honor be to our God.   … Read More »

A DIARY OF DAILY PRAYER 22 May 2020   Opening Sentences (responsive) In the wilderness, water brings life. Seek us out, O God, and take us to the water. In the Word of God, the good news gives light. Seek us out, O God, and fill us with understanding. In the bread and the wine,… Read More »

A DIARY OF DAILY PRAYER 21 May 2020   Opening Sentences (responsive)               (from Psalm 30 – Stephen Mitchell) Sing to the Lord, you who love him; Thank him from the depths of your hearts. For though he may seem to be absent, In his presence is eternal life. Tears may linger when night falls,… Read More »

Devotion for May 20, 2020 Based on a Christmas Eve Sermon preached by Bill on December 24, 2015 Our Christian calendar is structured around three pivotal events that are also mysteries – Christmas, Easter and Pentecost.  In each of these God has come so close, or the separation between heaven and earth became so thin… Read More »

A DIARY OF DAILY PRAYER 19 May 2020   Opening Sentences (responsive)                 (from Psalm 8 – Stephen Mitchell) Unnamable God, how measureless is your power on all the earth and how radiant in the sky! When I look up at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the multitude of stars,… Read More »