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Pastoral prayer by Rev. Arlene Bodge O God, who stands beyond both the darkness and the light, who is hidden by the names we give you and yet who moves in great mystery to touch our lives, wake us from our indifference and cynicism to see your grace and to respond to it. We pray…

the mystery of love. the mystery of love. the mystery of love. thank you – and the entire parish – for imparting such a sense – and welcoming all to partake…

sometimes all it takes to pull us through is a smile – from you a simple tenderness to remember us to whats true a little kindness to remind us what the heart can do… She describes the setting for the song: every morning at about nine thirty i walk past tomkins square park, where the…

During this season of light, allow us to see your light.                                                        During this season of carols, may there be a song in our hearts.        …

This was shared by a member of  Rev. Bloch’s church in Port Townsend, WA Isaiah 35:1-10 Elizabeth Bloch Canticle 15 12/12/10 James 5:7-10 Advent 3 Matthew 11:2-11 Year A Lighting Candles in the Dark It was dark in John’s prison, all right, darker and darker in Herod’s fateful jail on the shores of the Dead…

As we venture into the third week of advent, the elements of winter -– that seem so antithetic and threatening to life – expand the parameters of their reign.  We are venturing – as Joseph Conrad might say – into The Heart of Darkness.  I am struck in the readings by the relationship that is…

sometimes the universes dispatches angelic ambassadors.  sometimes it provides signs that renew our strength and replenish the sense of endurance and fortitude we need to continue.  sometimes it sends assurance that the sense of salvation and redemption we are seeking is on its way.  just as there are forebodings, warnings, and omens,( that can seem…