Musing: Potter and Clay
So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to...
View ArticleMusing: Be Merciful
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.” “Happy the kind — because they shall find kindness.” – Matthew 5:7 New Revised Standard Version (merciful/mercy) and Young’s Literal Translation...
View ArticleMusing: Refuge in God
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;though its waters...
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Musing: World Communion
Leftovers, World Communion Sunday, October 6, 2019. It’s been a week and a half since the observance of World Communion Sunday. Not all that long ago according to the calendar. But it feels ever so...
View ArticleMusing: Persistence and God
My beloved and I tend to worship God with other Christians twice every weekend: with a Roman Catholic parish on Saturday evening and with a congregation of the United Church of Christ on Sunday...
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Revelation: Read Aloud
Headstone with Book. Photo: TLClark, 9/2019. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near....
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Revelation: God Is
Headstone Carving – Handshake. Photo: TLClark, 2019. “John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from [the one] who is and who was and who is to come …”Revelation 1:4b (NRSV)...
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Photo Challenge: Holidays
Christmas Eve 2019, Urbandale United Church of Christ. Photo: TLClark, 12/24/19. Christmas, for my husband and me, means gathering with other Christians to hear the old, old story of Jesus’ birth and...
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Musing: “Bear Traps”
Shoes on Rug at Front Door. Photo: TLClark, 3/8/2020. Everything in its place.A place for everything. It’s not just about being neat. It’s about being safe. You must not insult a deaf person or put...
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Musing: Worship in the Time of COVID-19
Sunday Morning Sun on Roses. Photo: TLClark, 3/15/2020. The roses had graced the kitchen table for more than a week.On Sunday they became altar flowers. In this time of physical social distancing and...
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