Lent in pieces
Today we begin our Lenten journey, wandering in the wilderness. There is burlap to remind us of the rough basicness of the road ahead. We have a new cross which […]
Author: Peter Bermudes
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One foot in front of the other
I am sitting drinking Mandela tea thinking about the last few days. There are so many things swirling in my head. There are so many things that have gone through […]
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Heartbroken
I have a collection of hearts – stone, wire, cloth, metal. I have hearts that have been made by hand and some that are found. I have hearts that […]
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Gratitude
I have been sitting with gratitude. I just finished Diana Butler Bass’s book Grateful. I am working on not filling my life with needless stuff, food, busyness. I am […]
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Threads of connection
My grandmother was an artist in her soul but she had MS so her abilities were limited. She used this little weaving square for a time to make things. It […]
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Unexpected places
God’s word comes in unexpected times and places. This past Sunday, the word came from Jack Werst in the tiny window in the back of the sanctuary. It took a […]
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Focusing
I quit guitar lessons. It seemed like a good idea. We had a guitar. I thought I could learn to play and maybe use it in worship. I found a […]
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Finding the star
We never found our star for the Christmas tree. It isn’t a particularly fancy star, just some wire with glitter, but it was our star. It is somewhere in […]
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This is late!
This is late because there were presents to by and packages to send and bulletins to write and people to visit. This is late […]
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Memories
Everything old becomes new again. My grandmother made ceramic Christmas trees in her ceramics class years ago. She gave us one and kept one for herself. We didn’t love […]