Entries by Pastor Monte

Hoist a Sail to the Spirit

Poor tulips and daffodils are weighed down this morning with snow.  We are five weeks into Spring.  They look vibrant with color and full of the resilience of youth, but I must say, the poor things also look confused. It is sometimes said that nature is God’s first bible.  The divine breath Jesus breathed upon the first Christian […]

April 28, 2019 by

Easter Darkness

Alleluia! Christ is risen (Christ is risen indeed, alleluia!) Yet that first Easter morning, despite the fresh bloom of early spring, everything looked dead. Mary Magdalene and the women made their way to the tomb at early dawn.  As they did, the ribbons of color spreading through the eastern sky were not beautiful. The budding garden was not […]

April 21, 2019 by