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...
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...
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...
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...
Wait for It! Luke 24: 44-49 Roger Lynn October 16, 2022 Once upon a time there was a TV commercial for ketchup which featured various people waiting for the ketchup to slowly pour out of the bottle, while Carly Simon’s “Anticipation” played in the background. The...
In the early morning darkness I sit in the hot tub and stare up at the stars. Occasionally I watch a point of light sweep across the sky, dancing among the stars. Those are satellites in orbit around our planet. They are hundreds of miles above me, and on average...
A House Of Living Stone John 14: 1-3 & I Peter 2: 4-6 & 9-10 Roger Lynn October 9, 2022 The world can sometimes be a frightening place. There are wars and rumors of war, crime in our cities, violence in our schools, poverty and hunger devastating lives...
to be Alive is to be surrounded by Mystery and immersed in Beauty in every Moment of every Day I can see it or not but either way it remains True so I choose to swim in a Sea of Stars and walk in the company of Awe and Wonder because Perspective shifts my...