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Letting your light shine: vulnerability and willingness to share your gifts as themes from Matthew 5

We cannot live in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a hope. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening. To use our own voice. To see our own light. —Hildegard of Bingen Zen Verse — DogenEnlightenment is like the moon reflected on the[…]

SUNDAY, AUG 15

INTERFAITH GATHERING8am • Pavilion behind Whitney Community Center & ZoomEmail church for zoom link. Join us for poetry, prayer and conversation. VIRTUAL WORSHIP (zoom) & IN-PERSON10:30am • Zoom link required. Join us for worship with music, scripture, prayer and reflection. Live music by Alan Labrie Message with Rev Gail Doktor Stay for virtual coffee hour[…]

Meditations on building houses (and lives) on sand vs stones: stumbling blocks, cornerstones, keystones, living stones

MATTHEW 7: 24-28 – Hearers and Doers – “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been[…]

Visitation Hours & Memorial Service for Robert Corrigan. Also recognition of the death of Martha Webb Chandler.

ROBERT CORRIGAN Services Visitation Hours for family and friendsWed, August 11 • 1-3pm and 6-8pm@ Bryant Funeral Home, 1 Promenade St., Gorham, NH. Memorial Service open to family and friendsThurs, August 12 • 10am@ Jackson Community Church, 127 Main St., Jackson, NH Note: The family would appreciate all attendees of the calling hours and services[…]

Reflections on the ‘log & speck’ or ‘beam & mote’ – judging & non-judging. Themes from Matthew 7 out of the Sermon on the Mount. Humor through images.

Contain all human faces in your own without any judgment of them — Rumi It is much more difficult to judge yourself than it is to judge others. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery What is love? Love is the absence of judgment. — Dalai Lama To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly[…]