May 3, 2022 | Reflections, Updates
Images: Melanie Kyer Easter….Unfinished. Ukraine has been on my mind all through Lent this year, so I decided to bake a traditional Ukrainian “paska” bread for Easter. As I kneaded the dough and shaped the braids and cross for the top, I prayed for peace. I...
Apr 21, 2022 | Reflections
Image: Barbara Ryther Life, death. Hope, grief. This year the Reflections group struggled with how to deal with Lent, trying to decide whether it was more important to acknowledge and give space to people’s fears and uncertainties over an ongoing pandemic and a new...
Apr 3, 2022 | Reflections
Image: Nina Bisognani Let there be Dragons When I was a child, Lent was a time of discipline.I usually gave up one of my favorite things- chocolate.I thought a lot about not being the perfect Christian. The consequences could be dreadful.I feared I would go to Hell if...
Mar 27, 2022 | Reflections
Image: Frank DeSarro Burnt on my Soul I am twelve and a night owl. My sisters are asleep, my father is at work. I hear the murmur of voices below and know my mother is watching TV. I creep downstairs. “Go back to bed Barbara. This is not something you should watch.”...
Mar 4, 2022 | Reflections
Prayer for Ukraine You gather the children taking bits of food and blankets, having to choose within minutes what you will carry and by default all that you will lose. For some no exodus will come. Kyrie eleison. You stand armed with plowshares with grit facing the...
Feb 18, 2022 | Reflections
Image: Melanie Kyer Putting the broken back together: Lessons from a Jigsaw Puzzle Our picture of what Christmas would be like this year was broken when our son tested positive for Covid-19 and we had to stay home. We are blessed that it was a mild case, and despite...