by Lois Crommelin Seasons change, the leaves change, the phases of the moon change the tides. We have no control. The changing of the universe is a constant….in constant change that is! The Truth of who we are is Absolute. Unchanging. However, what we CAN change are: our minds, our thinking, our friends, shopping spots,…
by Roger Mock Back in college days I had taken a basic theology course and there was a joke going around that you would only fully ‘get’ if you knew some of those basics. It was a tongue-in-cheek take on this passage from the Gospel of Mark: Then Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages…
by Rev. Crystal Muldrow “Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, ‘You owe Me’. Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky.” The Sun Never Says, from The Gift: Poems by Hafiz Summer is a symbol of living an abundant life because the summer solstice…
By Roger Mock I learned a very simple yet very powerful new practice recently that I’d like to share with you. But first, let me preface it with some startling and empowering information from the field of neuroscience. You may have heard something like this before, but it bears repeating, and often. This is a quote…
Let Us Rise With Spring! By Lois Crommelin My God expresses herself to me first as mother earth. Along with that comes the sunshine, the rain, the breeze. Next is her unique fulfillment of all her physical beauty. To witness the first crocuses, then the daffodils and then the tulips is a miracle…the smell of…
by Roger Mock It may not seem so a lot of the time, but in many encouraging ways our world is changing for the better. We just might be evolving a teensy bit, don’t you think? We are becoming more courageous, for one thing. And one person’s courage challenges all of us to open our hearts…
and the concept of the Trinity by Roger Mock Many Christian churches celebrate the feast of Pentecost this Sunday, the culmination of the Easter season and a commemoration of the Gospel story of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ’s followers. It is followed one week later by Trinity Sunday which honors the Christian…
by Roger Mock Remember that scene from City Slickers? No, not the one where Mitch (played by Billy Crystal) helps the cow give birth, though that’s a good one, too. I mean this conversation with ancient cattle wrangler Curly (played by Jack Palance): Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? [holds up one…
by Rev. Crystal Muldrow There is the birth of Jesus, then the death and then the resurrection…Isn’t that it? As I grew spiritually and learned more about the Bible, it became clear that Jesus’ resurrection is only the end of a chapter. Yet, it’s not the end of any of the gospels. The Gospels end…
by Roger Mock “I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.” – Anne Lamott While visiting family in the 1990s I happened to spot a bumper sticker on a parked car while walking down a New…