by admin | Apr 14, 2022 | community, events, faith, holidays
This week is Holy Week. Recall that by Friday the disciples were locked in a room together, their hearts were crushed by unmet expectations, they were afraid for their lives, and they were grieving what they could not control. Still, God was present with them. Still,...
by admin | Mar 24, 2022 | community, faith, social justice
Today, March 24, is the feast day of Saint Óscar Romero. It was on this day 42 years ago that then Archbishop Romero was assassinated by the Salvadoran military forces as he celebrated mass at a small hospital chapel. The Salvadoran Civil War began with a military...
by admin | Mar 3, 2022 | community, events, faith, prayer, worship
As I write this at the end of the day on Ash Wednesday, I do so with a humbled heart. Today, our congregation offered ashes to our wider Tucson community. It is the first time after a break due to the pandemic. We weren’t sure if people would stop by. We wondered if...
by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | faith
Next Wednesday, we will enter the season of Lent with the observance of Ash Wednesday. Each year we come together to receive ashes in the form of a cross and turn our attention to the creative power of God and God’s ability to heal the brokenness in our...
by admin | Feb 17, 2022 | faith, worship
These past weeks, our scriptures in worship have focused on the words of prophets. Whether Jesus quoting words of Isaiah, alluding to himself as a prophet and almost getting thrown off a cliff, or him marking the difference between a true prophet and a false one, the...
by admin | Jan 27, 2022 | faith
Jeremiah 1:4-5 “Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.’” These words spoken to a young Jeremiah were enough to make him want to run...
