Living In God’s Amazing Grace
Blogs and Guest Writings
This is our second anniversary displaying our Great Cloud of Witnesses – and so we post this blog again, to remind us of the richness we gain by reflection! – It started as an idea, picked up from the Lutheran church in Coos Bay, at an information sharing/collaborative meeting in Corvallis last year. The names of all those buried from our church. In a mobile. Hung in the sanctuary of the church for all to see. But why?
Clothing as an act of resistance? Well, this fall I’ve been wearing black on Thursdays, as have a lot of my clergy colleagues – in visual support of ending sexual violence. I admit it is a small step, and perhaps not even a particularly visual step, but I have found it to be meaningful for me. And I advocate it for you, dear reader, for this Sunday, October 27th, 2019. Wear Red. When you come to church, when you go to the store. Wear red as an act of resistance. Continue reading “Wearing Red On Reformation Sunday”
There’s a startling meme at the begining of this blog. I’m coming back to it, really!!
Being a Christian is not just about what we believe – it is a way of life! We’ve been talking about this at Holy Cross as we are in a season we are calling, “Loving our Neighbors Near and Far”. We are trying to move beyond the meme. You know what a meme is? – One of those pithy statements on a picture that is also pretty pointed that people post on Facebook or Instagram. It’s a ‘thought for the day’ – but usually with a twist or a nudge. Sometimes its downright meanspirited. I’ve included one with this blog that gets my attention!
What if we stopped living for the meme moment? What if we spent less time ‘liking’ comments other people made and spend more time living a life of love? Yes, I’ll be first in line for that – at least today. Continue reading “A New Way of Life”
Today’s blog is written by guest bloggers, Steve and Naomi Tweet. They will be sharing this essay during worship this coming Sunday, October 13th.
Naomi and I were asked to talk about ordinary people who do extraordinary things. As part of a church, the two of us have seen how God uses each of us, though we are just one, in ways that have lasting effect. And as we thought about this subject some more, we realized we wanted to talk about one person – someone we knew well, my Dad, Arthur Orlando Tweet. It is really a story many of you could tell in one form or another about one of your loved ones or friends, who without fanfare did some extraordinary things. Continue reading “Ordinary people doing extraordinary things”
This week’s blog is written by a guest writer – Joyce Hanson Saul, member of Holy Cross and Stewardship chairperson.
Last spring when Al and I were returning from AZ, we stopped for a late dinner in Bullhead City at McDonald’s (egg McMuffin). We watched the positive interaction of a family near us: young father (black), young mother (white) and four children about ages of 18 months to 10 years, all eating cheese burgers. Conversation, humor, and no cell phones! Continue reading “Loving our Neighbors, Near and Far”