Devotion: Earth Day Ask the Animals

Job 12:7-13 7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,    the birds of the air, and they will tell you;8 ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you,    and the fish of the sea will declare to you.9 Who among all these does not know    that the hand of the Most Powerful has done this?10 In God’s hand is the …

Creator of Wonder – Indigenous Peoples’ Day / Solstice / Fathers’ Day

A Sermon by Rev. Whitney Bruno - June 20, 2021 – for LCPC – Job 38: 1 - 11 “Creator of Wonder” Click here to watch this service.https://fb.watch/v/160Nw6wkA/ Our reading of Job today continues. I paraphrase the ancient Hebrew poem: Have you commanded the morning and made dawn to know its place?Do you dye the …

What ya lookin’ at?

Watch or listen to this service here. Ascension Sunday, May 2021 What're you lookin' at? Why do we pray? What is prayer? Is it a wish? Does it DO anything? Why do so many prayers go unanswered? I have prayed so fervently about people and events in the past. Like Job, I've screamed at the …

Every Day is Earth Day

Towne Crier 2015 “In God’s hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being.” Job 12:10 NRSV  “Every day is Earth Day to a farmer.” I frequently pass this brilliant sign painted on a barn. Among the words a hand holds a scoop of dirt and a little green …

Pentecost 2020 – Racism & Covid-19

      Younger Saints' Video here See this sermon here ANNOUNCEMENTS - Communion next Sunday - Keep checking the private FB page for prayers. - No news on opening yet, so please be here next week Centering for Worship ~ written by Steve Garnaas-Holmes Holy One, breath of the big bang, idea of creation, …

Show Me Proof!

I demand some proof of God in this COVID crisis.

Who Matters, Anyways?

We are the ones who must take up each other’s causes and be a champion seeking justice where it is denied.

Overwhelmed!

Job 38:1-11  Mark 4:35-41 Overwhelmed. Just... overwhelmed. A country falls when its people are divided against themselves. When we become numb to atrocities. When we tune out, look away, and protect only our own. When we become overwhelmed. I'm feeling overwhelmed. Puerto Rico continues to have no power. People continue to die there. Mining is …

Who Shall Go?

Isaiah 6:1-8 John 3:1-17 A hundred years ago, it was easy to get a job no matter what your education level. Indeed, having a high school diploma was something fancy. I have one framed in my basement from about 1920. It is huge! 18 inches by 24 inches, all gilded up and painted, and stamped. …

Wounded Healers

Jeremiah 31:31-34 John 12:20-33 Surely the day is coming when no one will ask “Who is God?” because we’ll all know – God’s ways are written inside of us. In our hearts. There’s no question. We just know. Surely the day is coming when we will be in full understanding with God, and there won’t …