Comments for Ponderings http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog Pondering the intersections of faith, family and politics Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:33:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on monday morning lessons by Roni Branding http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/2012/02/monday-morning-lessons/#comment-1605 Roni Branding Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:33:11 +0000 http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/?p=1028#comment-1605 I find it encouraging that on the very first day of being Peace UCC, as everyone dealt with hard stuff, people did things that work for peace: they summoned courage to speak about what troubled them, they listened to each other, explored options, and respected each other and the process, hanging in when things got confused. Peace work is hard work, and as difficult as it was, it was good work. We are increasing our understanding of each other. We learned of areas where we can do better. Though there were some tears, I didn't sense despair. Let us continue to sing Woyaya: "It will be hard, we know, and the road will be muddy and rough, but we'll get there - heaven knows how we will get there, we know we will." It's not just a song, it's a prayer. Let us trust the Spirit to be with us as we discover what else it means to Peace United Church of Christ. I find it encouraging that on the very first day of being Peace UCC, as everyone dealt with hard stuff, people did things that work for peace: they summoned courage to speak about what troubled them, they listened to each other, explored options, and respected each other and the process, hanging in when things got confused. Peace work is hard work, and as difficult as it was, it was good work. We are increasing our understanding of each other. We learned of areas where we can do better. Though there were some tears, I didn’t sense despair. Let us continue to sing Woyaya: “It will be hard, we know, and the road will be muddy and rough, but we’ll get there – heaven knows how we will get there, we know we will.” It’s not just a song, it’s a prayer. Let us trust the Spirit to be with us as we discover what else it means to Peace United Church of Christ.

]]> Comment on monday morning lessons by Jane Miles http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/2012/02/monday-morning-lessons/#comment-1604 Jane Miles Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:00:25 +0000 http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/?p=1028#comment-1604 Thank you, Katy. For your love for this community and for your patience. Thanks also to the GB's commitment to the church. I wish for all of us . . . Peace in the struggle to find peace Comfort on the way to comfort ~Sarah McLachlan Thank you, Katy. For your love for this community and for your patience.
Thanks also to the GB’s commitment to the church.
I wish for all of us . . .
Peace in the struggle to find peace
Comfort on the way to comfort
~Sarah McLachlan

]]> Comment on monday morning lessons by Paul W. Kachulis http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/2012/02/monday-morning-lessons/#comment-1603 Paul W. Kachulis Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:38:32 +0000 http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/?p=1028#comment-1603 Our elected lay leadership is doing a great job. The hard part of leadership is undstanding transpiration to the membership vs personel problems and work of the Church. I hope we all learned that more communication is a good thing. Our elected lay leadership is doing a great job. The hard part of leadership is undstanding transpiration to the membership vs personel problems and work of the Church. I hope we all learned that more communication is a good thing.

]]> Comment on monday morning lessons by Loretta Haggard http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/2012/02/monday-morning-lessons/#comment-1602 Loretta Haggard Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:15:09 +0000 http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/?p=1028#comment-1602 Well said! Thank you. Well said! Thank you.

]]> Comment on peace united church of christ… by Tina Larkin http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/2012/02/peace-united-church-of-christ/#comment-1593 Tina Larkin Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:05:21 +0000 http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/?p=1023#comment-1593 A perfect new name, in it's simplicity and it's meaning. I like the pondering too A perfect new name, in it’s simplicity and it’s meaning. I like the pondering too

]]> Comment on a year of gratitude… new heart habits by Sarah Webster http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/2011/12/984/#comment-1473 Sarah Webster Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:15:18 +0000 http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/?p=984#comment-1473 My New Year's Eve is richer for a quote from "Healing After Loss" I share it to inform our practices of the heart. May we continue to sing together! "...So may this New Year's Eve- this turning into the next year, this milestone which has its aura of sadness because I enter another year without my loved one- may this New Year"s Eve be for me a time of music. And if I am able-later, if not now-may I hear in my heart the voice of my loved one lifted with my voice, to praise life, to hope for life, to join others on this circling globe in an "Alleluia," for the experiences we have shared and share even now, and for the ways beyond time and death in which we are bound to one another in gratitude and love. Happy New Year. Alleluia. Amen. " Healing After Loss Martha Whitmore Hickman My New Year’s Eve is richer for a quote from “Healing After Loss” I share it to inform our practices of the heart. May we continue to sing together!

“…So may this New Year’s Eve- this turning into the next year, this milestone which has its aura of sadness because I enter another year without my loved one- may this New Year”s Eve be for me a time of music. And if I am able-later, if not now-may I hear in my heart the voice of my loved one lifted with my voice, to praise life, to hope for life, to join others on this circling globe in an “Alleluia,” for the experiences we have shared and share even now, and for the ways beyond time and death in which we are bound to one another in gratitude and love.
Happy New Year. Alleluia. Amen. ”

Healing After Loss Martha Whitmore Hickman

]]> Comment on christmas crazy quilt… the value of context, and not by Marilyn Stavenger http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/2011/12/978/#comment-1464 Marilyn Stavenger Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:31:15 +0000 http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/?p=978#comment-1464 These are tender musings, Katy -- deeply appreciated by me. What I will hold on to is this: "... though a rose deserves to be honored in the context of its thorny bush, ... reveling in the scented beauty for at least one silent night is worthy." (I might have said valid, but whatever --- it speaks to me about my deep desire to trust my heart before my head when Love is present. May the blessings of a Holy Midnight be yours. These are tender musings, Katy — deeply appreciated by me. What I will hold on to is this: “… though a rose deserves to be honored in the context of its thorny bush, … reveling in the scented beauty for at least one silent night is worthy.” (I might have said valid, but whatever — it speaks to me about my deep desire to trust my heart before my head when Love is present. May the blessings of a Holy Midnight be yours.

]]> Comment on with or without gps by Ray http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/2011/12/with-or-without-gps/#comment-1449 Ray Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:24:30 +0000 http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/?p=963#comment-1449 Love the "We are incredibly blessed to have one another." part. Love the “We are incredibly blessed to have one another.” part.

]]> Comment on impermanence: revising the revisionist by Ray http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/2011/12/impermanence-revising-the-revisionist-history/#comment-1424 Ray Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:48:44 +0000 http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/?p=934#comment-1424 Praise God for the beauty which our African-American brothers and sisters grace our lives. Dr. Gladney surely is a beautiful soul. Thanks for you kind remembrance of him. Praise God for the beauty which our African-American brothers and sisters grace our lives. Dr. Gladney surely is a beautiful soul. Thanks for you kind remembrance of him.

]]> Comment on impermanence: revising the revisionist by Katy http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/2011/12/impermanence-revising-the-revisionist-history/#comment-1414 Katy Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:16:59 +0000 http://www.liturgyoutside.net/blog/?p=934#comment-1414 Thanks, Phyllis. We all have much to do, but the work is so much sweeter with allies along the way. Peace to you, Thanks, Phyllis. We all have much to do, but the work is so much sweeter with allies along the way. Peace to you,

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