by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 17, 2022 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection Jesus is radical. If you doubt this, I encourage you to read Luke 6:27-38. Here is just part of that teaching: “To you who hear me, I say: love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who...
by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 10, 2022 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection What a courageous act to even contemplate flourishing in this time of pandemic! As we mark two years of global struggle as individuals, families, and communities, it can be challenging to consider what it might mean to thrive in the face...
by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 3, 2022 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “Respect for your freedom, your timing, and the uniqueness of your personal response to God is the very essence of Christian spirituality (though too often violated).” ~Flora Slosson Wuellner Some say: “I’m not religious. I’m spiritual.”...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 27, 2022 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “For liberation we have been liberated.” ~Galatians 5:1 As we soon enter a third year of protocols due to c19, there is angry debate about freedom and rights. The result has been politicization and conflict. Sadly, there have been too few...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 20, 2022 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “The instructions of the Lord are perfect, restoring the soul.” ~Psalm 19:7 Jesus came to restore lives. He came to restore the lives of individuals and communities. As we continue to “Follow the Star” to launch 2022, our scripture for...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 13, 2022 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love illuminates it.” ~Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. bears powerful witness to what it means to live with strength and...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 6, 2022 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection Do you remember your baptism? Or were you, like me, too young to remember? I imagine however that you remember other baptisms—perhaps your children or grandchildren, a dear friend, or others in a worship service. I certainly remember those...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 30, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “God is more than a companion and more than a memory. God is the path itself. That is why all our journeys are sacred. The ground over which we travel, whether we realize it or not, is holy ground.” ~T.R. Swears, Weavings (Volume IV,...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 23, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection We have heard the story many times. We’ve also seen it enacted in nativity scenes from various cultures. One year when I was pastoring in Houston a pink flamingo showed up in our large nativity scene composed of life sized participants....
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 16, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection My soul proclaims your greatness, O God, and my spirit rejoices in you, my Savior…For you, the Almighty, have done great things for me and holy is your Name. (Luke 1: 46-47, 49) I love the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as told in...
