Monthly Archives: March 2013

Palm Sunday: the gang’s all here!

What if on Palm Sunday, everyone came to the parade–not just those alive in the first century but our ancestors and descendants?  What if all the people who have who have experienced Christ’s healing touch, the healers who feel Christ’s presence moving through … Continue reading

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Melting icicles, open hearts

This Christmas Kalanchoe belonged to my aunt, Mary C. Duncan, who died last summer at the age of 97. She was a woman of passion, compassion, fierce determination, curiosity and hospitality.  She wrote a poem about being a plant battered … Continue reading

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Riding the Rapids

I listened as a minister from the Conference Small Church Ministry Team spoke with the Broad Bay Deacons.  I listened as I sensed that something profound has happened and is happening.   Lay leadership is fired up and wants to … Continue reading

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Walking in the presence of God

One day, a young monk asked his Abbot, “How can I be sure that I am in God’s presence?” The Abbot replied, “You have as much control over that as you have the power to make the sun rise.” Exasperated, … Continue reading

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