January 4, 2025

I am so grateful for Sunday mornings. Whether you are here in person or watching us from your homes … I need the peace and inner strength of knowing we share a spirit of hope and goodness and kindness. This morning … as I walk through the church and turn on the lights … make sure the heat is working … and plug in the coffee … my thoughts turn to the ordinary citizens in Ukraine.

I know it’s only one country. There are so many places where people have lost everything … where suffering is beyond our comprehension. Every morning when I step onto our front sidewalk … I see the little sign one of you put on our front lawn … it’s been there since the Ukraine-Russia conflict started: “Our hearts are with Ukraine.” Our hearts are all over the place. From our prayer book to those hurting miles away —- we pray, we care, we give, we share. It’s who we are called to be. I sometimes wonder: do we make a difference? Well … we do. One moment, one dollar, one act of kindness at a time. We share this journey together: always have, always will. Peace to all — Don