Looking Back – Moving Ahead Matthew 28: 16-20 Roger Lynn November 13, 2022 Final Sunday at Veradale UCC My ancestors came from Scotland and France and Germany. More recently they came from Colville and Addy and Marble Valley. I don’t really know very much about...
Looking Back – Moving Ahead Matthew 28: 16-20 Roger Lynn November 13, 2022 Final Sunday at Veradale UCC My ancestors came from Scotland and France and Germany. More recently they came from Colville and Addy and Marble Valley. I don’t really know very much about...
I feel like the luckiest human on the planet. Last night I spent several hours laughing with dear friends, including a surprise, last minute visit from one of my daughters. Then a delicious breakfast at a lovely local restaurant with the above mentioned daughter....
Every day, priests minutely examine the Law And endlessly chant complicated sutras. Before doing that, though, they should learn How to read the love letters sent by the wind and rain, the snow and moon. By Ikkyu (Ikkyu Sojun) (1394 - 1481) English version by Sonya...
The Road goes ever on and on, Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. (Bilbo’s...
Promises, Promises Genesis 18: 1-5 & 8-15 & 21: 1-2 & 6 Roger Lynn November 6, 2022 God shows up at your home one day – unannounced and unexpected. Appearance and behavior don’t reveal God’s identity, unless you are paying close attention. What do you...
Radical Renewal – Singing A New Song Isaiah 56: 1-8 Roger Lynn October 30, 2022 God may be the same yesterday, today, and forever, but we human beings certainly are not. Human history has been, and will continue to be, about the process of discovering, and then...
The list of things I am not capable of doing or interested in doing is exceedingly long. And because of that I am sometimes (often) tempted to think that I’m not doing enough with my life. After all (says the voice in my head), I am supposed to be saving the world...
Last night I found myself pondering Jupiter as it shone so brightly in the eastern sky. It got me thinking about how amazing it is that I can even see it. It’s somewhere between about 365 million miles and 600 million miles away from the earth. That’s a long ways....
Wind & Fire Acts 2: 1-21 Roger Lynn October 23, 2022 The scripture we just heard has traditionally been read on Pentecost Sunday, the day when the Church celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit. And as you may be aware, this is not Pentecost Sunday. But the...