August 30, 2024 We seem to be living in an era of unending political campaigns. An era of promises and accusations. An era of ‘alternative facts’ (always a curiosity for me because I never could understand how two diametrically opposed positions could both be factual). An era of tribalism, shout downs, beat downs, slander, and lies.Continue reading “An Alternative Candidate?”
Author Archives: Pastor Catharine
My Unexpected Lenten/Easter Season
May 9, 2024 Well, this holy season sure didn’t go as planned! Lent and Easter are always transformational…but then Feb 8, the Thursday BEFORE Ash Wednesday, happened… + + + I’m always in a hurry…always trying to do one more thing….then CRASH….I fell on the way to do ‘one last thing’ after a long dayContinue reading “My Unexpected Lenten/Easter Season”
Sacrifice and Risk – Do We have Faith Enough?
December 15, 2023 ‘So, just risk everything with no guarantees as to the outcome-that’s what sacrifice is.’ While taking trips down the celluloid memory lane during the recent SAG strike, I stumbled on Suits, and the above quote stopped me dead in my tracks. I will leave it to you to watch the show forContinue reading “Sacrifice and Risk – Do We have Faith Enough?”
Scared or Grateful?
October 22, 2023 Recently I have listened to more than one conversation regarding ‘why we believe in Jesus.’ The conversations oddly don’t center around the truth of the resurrection nor the truth that Jesus is the Son of God. Rather these conversations concern the behavior that will keep us out of hell. The conversations exploredContinue reading “Scared or Grateful?”
The Lady on the Asphalt
July 14, 2023 Yesterday, as I was out biking, I approached ‘something’ in the middle of the hot asphalt path. As I got closer, I noticed that ‘something’ was a person, seated on the path, leaning against a shopping cart. The person appeared to be an elderly Muslim man in traditional attire so I knewContinue reading “The Lady on the Asphalt”
Rules
April 30, 2023 Have you ever come across troubling passages in the gospels that you either choose to ignore or make excuses for what happens in the account? Particularly if the thing that troubles you is something about Jesus; something that shows Him as less than tranquil, less than divine, less than perfect; something that,Continue reading “Rules”
Spiritual CPR
April 9, 2023 Oh to breathe again! After all the heavy self-reflection of Lent, the somber spiritual grieving of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, the silence of the sealed tomb of Holy Saturday, we have a definite need to breathe! Those last words Jesus uttered from the cross on Friday can put us in a placeContinue reading “Spiritual CPR”
Last Breaths
April 8, 2023 I have been privileged to sit at the bedside of many people at the time of their deaths. I have listened to their breathing as I held their hands. I have stood on the periphery of the families as they surrounded their loved one. I have listened to words of leave taking,Continue reading “Last Breaths”
Is It Worth It, No Matter What?
March 26, 2023 Something has really been bugging me this Lenten season. I have tried to ‘let it go’, but no luck. I have run my thoughts by some of my friends in the classes I facilitate and participate in only to make everyone a bit uncomfortable. Still, I just can’t seem to let itContinue reading ” Is It Worth It, No Matter What?”
Letting Go
March 13, 2023 I believe we are going through a time of great spiritual weirdness right now. People are co-opting Christ by using Christianity as a battering ram for personal agendas and man ’splaining/woman ’splaining Jesus’ teachings to validate whatever they choose to belief. Jesus has been put in a ‘human Jesus box’ of sorts –Continue reading “Letting Go”
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