Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
God promises comfort for those who are heartbroken. The simplest understanding of consolation is that people will regain the capacity to experience healing and joy. Interpreters also assert that comfort will come within the anticipation of being forgiven and restored to a more healthy and whole self, and reconciled to Godself. Sometimes our comfort[…]
Tue, Mar 2: MOURN At first pass, in English, this sounds like a blessing for the bereaved. As if it was meant only those who are grieving. Yet it encompasses more. All by itself, grief is a defining human experience. People mourn for those who have died. According to Maxie Dunnam and Kimberly Dunnam Reisman,“Sorrow[…]
As he talked to the people of his time, Jesus used imagery that helped them identify with the conditions of humanity: those who would receive the blessing. Hunger. Thirst. The same metaphors translate well for modern folks. We understand such deep and essential needs. Authors of the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Biblical commentaries write about this Beatitude by[…]
SUPPORTING DIVERSITY & INCLUSION in the OUTDOORS:A Sense of Place Community Forum WED • 6:30pm This event is free. Please register for the event at bit.ly/2NcStjR. How can we cultivate a more inclusive outdoor recreation community in the Mount Washington Valley? On Wednesday, March 3 from 6:30-8PM live via Zoom, the public is invited to[…]
From: THE UCC’s Environmental Justice Mission Group Check out these easy ways you can start reducing your waste in your everyday life! Did you know that of the 30 million tons of plastic waste generated in the US in 2009, only 7 percent was recovered for recycling? Here are 17 ways to reduce your plastic waste: Stop[…]
