by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 16, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“In each heart are both weeds and wheat, and we are not wise enough to know what, in fact, is what. Better to let God and the angels do their work.” –T. R. Steagald Though my gardening experience is limited, I think I have a pretty good eye for weeds. This time of...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 9, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
The scripture for Sunday is a garden of life. It has a little bit of everything: soil, seeds, thorns, birds, and so much more. Like so many scriptures, Jesus’ parable of the sower from Matthew 13: 1-9; 18-23 has often been taught with a slant towards works rather than...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 2, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Some care for others with great conviction. But do not care for themselves with the same conviction.” ~ Wayne Muller from “Sabbath: Restoring the Sacred Rhythm of Rest,” alt. Are we experiencing a true movement for systemic change or just a moment? Protests in...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 25, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
For Jesus a seed is not just a seed. For Jesus a seed is a force for life. A seed is hope. A seed is potential and transformation. As seed is a miracle waiting to happen. In Sunday’s Scripture from Mark 4:26-34 Jesus says, “What’s a good image for God’s realm? What...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 18, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. ~ Frederick Douglass Tomorrow on June 19 there is, for many, a celebration of Juneteenth. This day commemorates bringing the...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 11, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into the harvest.” –Jesus, Matthew 9:37-38 Yesterday morning, I spoke with one who is feeling hopeless. One of the comments was: “It is sad to bring a child...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 4, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
My mother was not overly protective. Nevertheless, when I was a child she gave me a few instructions for my safety, such as look both ways before crossing the street. As a white child growing up in the small town of Denair, California, I was free to walk to and from...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 28, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
As we sing in a beloved MCC hymn: We are the church alive Christ’s presence on this earth; we give God’s Spirit Body in the act of our new birth. As yielded open channels for God’s descending dove, we shout and sing, with joy we bring God’s all-inclusive love. This...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 21, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
Mychal’s Prayer: “Lord, take me where you want me to go; Let me meet who you want me to meet; Tell me what you want me to say,and keep me out of Your way.”~ Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M (1933-2001) I’m finding strength during this time through learning how others have...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 15, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
I know that at times I will be troubled, I know that at times I will be belabored, I know that at times I will be disquieted, but I believe that I will not be overcome. Amen. ~Julian of Norwich It takes courage to live the spiritual life. It is easy to get pulled into...
