amherstcc77Jun 74 minALL PEOPLE ARE GOD’S PEOPLEALL PEOPLE ARE GOD’S PEOPLE The tweet was occasioned by a resolution facing the Episcopal Church at its upcoming national meeting. At...
amherstcc77Jun 62 minthe power and the importance of PentecostActs 2:1-6, 17-18 When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a...
amherstcc77May 256 minLitany in the Wake of a Mass ShootingIn November 2018 following a massacre in Thousand Oaks, California, Bishops United Against Gun Violence — an activist group of bishops in...
amherstcc77May 172 minjust for usNow the apostles and the believers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also accepted the word of God. So when Peter went up to...
amherstcc77Feb 284 minwhere does it hurt?I read the message below on Sunday afternoon, February 27, 2022, just days after Russia attacked Ukraine. It’s written by Maria Shriver...
amherstcc77Dec 28, 20212 minroom for rageHerod sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned...
amherstcc77Dec 13, 20211 minNothing Humbler than being born"There is nothing much humbler than being born: naked, totally helpless, not much bigger than a loaf of bread. But with righteousness...
amherstcc77Nov 22, 20211 mingratitude eyes"I go to church to be lifted up and to be reminded of Jesus’s teachings, which are to love your neighbor as yourself and to be...
amherstcc77Jul 1, 20211 mina lifestyleChristianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made it into an...
amherstcc77Apr 21, 20211 minFr.Richard Rohr's meditationFather Richard Rohr wrote this prayer yesterday, April 20, after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder...
amherstcc77Apr 1, 20212 minAn essay by Nadia Bolz-Weber: In 2019 I was on 90 airplanes and in 7 countries. And my friends will tell you that at the time, I talked a lot about how tired I was,...
amherstcc77Mar 1, 20212 minDon’t Forget to be happyWelcome to another day. You probably didn’t give much thought to the fact that you’re here, that you woke up. You likely haven’t stopped...
amherstcc77Feb 8, 20212 minnot rare at allThe word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. … The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. – 1 Samuel 3:1,8...
amherstcc77Jan 6, 20212 minEpiphany and a Prayer PracticeArise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! Isaiah 60:1 Just like Christmastide is a season of...
amherstcc77Dec 2, 20202 minrock bottomO God, the nations have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. They have given the bodies of your servants to the...
amherstcc77Oct 6, 20202 minwhat will we be?Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when Christ is revealed, we will...
amherstcc77Sep 10, 20202 minthe experience of giving & receiving[This reflection on the cost of being a neighbor was written by Rev. Dr. Michael Piazza. Rev. Piazza is a nationally-known author,...
amherstcc77Apr 8, 20204 minraptitudeIn 2011, on a tour of Mauna Kea’s summit, I looked at Saturn through a large reflecting telescope and it blew my mind. When you’ve seen a...
amherstcc77Apr 1, 20202 minsteve's reflectionLast Wednesday, when I went to retrieve the Buffalo News, I discovered this pleasant surprise in the pre-dawn southern sky. It’s a...
amherstcc77Mar 25, 20205 minA mini-Sermon on Fear, Love, and Kent BrockmanAt that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” He said to them, “Go and...