Sunday, February 14 “Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name” A church musician considers the Bible in terms of lyrics of hymns and anthems, not simply as spoken verses to be memorized. One of the…
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Lenten Devotion–Sat, Feb. 13,2016–by Ellie Kell
Saturday, Feb. 13 Our Father Who Art In Heaven, Hallowed Be Thy Name… In my first grade Sunday School Class we spent an entire year memorizing The Lord’s Prayer. After awhile when we would begin the prayer I would envision…
Lenten Devotional–Friday, February 12, 2016
Friday, Feb 12–Nena Our Father Who Art In Heaven, Hallowed Be Thy Name… I learned the Lord’s Prayer as a young child. Each night as the stars emerged I would kneel at the side of my wooden bed with my…
Lenten Devotion–Thurs, Feb. 11, 2016
Thursday, February 11, 2016 When I was just 10 years old, I felt my first call to ministry. Church was one of those places where I felt I could fully be myself, a place where I felt fully loved by…
Lenten Devotional–Wed., Feb. 10, 2016
Ash Wednesday, February 10, 2016 In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the…
Forgiving–Part II–Feb. 7, 2016; Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark
“Forgiving–Part II” Psalm 130; Ephesians 4:25-32 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark February 7, 2016 “I forgive you.” Nadine Collier’s words, spoken to the man who brutally murdered her mother, started a movement. Other family members of thevictims of the mass…
“Forgiving”–Part I, a sermon series by Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark, Jan 31, 2016
“Forgiving”—Part I Genesis 45:1-15; Matthew 18:21-22 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark January 31, 2016 In December, along with Temple members Rosanne Kates and Larry Yarmaloff, I co-led a Torah yoga class at Temple Beth Sholom. Four times a year, the…
“Of Wolves and Lambs and Human Beings”–Dec. 6, 2015
“Of Wolves and Lambs and Human Beings” Isaiah 11:1-10; Luke 3:1-16 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark Dec. 6, 2015 It makes for great Christmas card art—wolves and lambs cavorting in green pastures, a baby goat resting her head on a…
A Pastoral Letter–December 4, 2015
Dear friends, It seems as though almost every week a horrible tragedy happens, and I search for something meaningful and comforting to write in a pastoral letter. This week it happened again… Fourteen people were viciously murdered in a mass…
A Win-Win Shopping Excursion
“A Win-Win Shopping Excursion” “Food, fund, gifts for family and friends,” Rev. Dr. Fran Bogle begins. “That’s why I love the Alternative Gift Fair.” Bogle has been part of the fair for the last three years, hosting a table to…