The following is my story and message for Easter Sunday.  I decided to take an approach quite different from my usual Easter messages.

Story  Lydia

Sometimes we face large changes in our life that can be frightening when we can’t see what waits on the other side of that change. 

Hello all - it's been a while! 

So... I was lucky to be asked to do a short reflection this Good Friday on one of the Lord's 'last words'.  I was assigned Luke 23:32-25, the troublesome "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing" reading.

I've posted my reflection-in-progress in my Blogs (http://www.wondercafe.ca/blogs/faerenach/good-friday-reflection) and would love some feedback.

Thanks so much, folks!  It's good to be back.

Hello all - it's been a while!  I've still been active in my church, albeit in a more limited way.  But I am still passionate about worship, and I was lucky to be asked to do a short reflection this Good Friday on one of the Lord's 'last words'.  I was assigned Luke 23:32-25.  Here's what I've come up with - I would love some feedback!

That is the one of the sermon questions for me this week.  I am working with These Scriptures

It is my belief that we all need to be set free of something sometime.  It is also my belief that we may not even know what is binding us until after the fact.

If you want to know where I am going (maybe) You can click here!

Anyone have any good religious podcasts to recommend? Could be interviews, sermons, talks, or whatever. I know CBC has podcasts of some of Tapestry's shows, but I wonder what else is out there. And while I prefer progressive/liberal material, I'm not averse to trying out some more conservative stuff if it is well done and thoughtful. Of course, given that I'm UU, there's no requirement that it be Christian.

Mendalla

 ... Jesus ... went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

 This is what the Lord says – He Who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, Who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.

 The Person God Uses

Exodus 4:10-12

10 But Moses pleaded with the Lord, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”

11 Then the Lord asked Moses, “Who makes a person’s mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.”