I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother” Psalm 131:2 It is a glorious crisp blue-skies day here in Buffalo NY today on February 4th, but just two days ago we were in the middle of a winter storm that began with rain and then snow for two days. […]
Grief
If Only By Rev. Dr. Tim Ahrens
“When Mary met Jesus, she looked at him, and then fell down at his feet. “If only you had been here, Lord,” she said, “my brother would never have died.” John 11:32, J.B. Phillips New Testament translation Mom was beside herself. Her daughter was found dead in her apartment. She had died by suicide. Mom was […]
In the Secret Place of Thunder by the Rev. Dr. Rachael Keefe
Many of us turn to the Book of Psalms when we need comfort, hope, or the assurance that others have been where we are. I’ve been reading the Psalms daily, online as part of a brief prayer service since Pentecost. Sometimes the words are very familiar and others seem as if I have never heard […]