The Messenger – March 2019
PJ’s Page All are welcome, we sing and say….and we mean it. No matter your race, gender (if any), economic status, education, sexuality, religion, faith, nationality….all are welcome. This is a safe space. To that end, I invite you to have a look elsewhere in this newsletter at the Luther Memorial Lutheran Church Policy on Sexual Harassment and Misconduct. Harassment,…
The Messenger – February 2019
Mary Oliver’s poem “The Journey” has long been one of my favorites in her beautiful and bountiful body of work. Like all good writing, it has meant different things to me each time I’ve returned to it, depending, of course, on the condition of my life and my heart each time. We often refer to life as a journey or a relationship as a journey, and it’s an accurate…
The Messenger – January 2019
PJ’s Page – In the month of January we will move from the liturgical seasons (church seasons) of Christmas to the Feast of Epiphany and the Sundays following. During those Sundays, the readings emphasize and reveal to us how Jesus is made known in the world. We will know Jesus as the Magi find him, in baptism, at a wedding, and teaching in the temple. It leads me to…