by Carole Duff | Jan 11, 2021 | Faith, Local or Human Interest |
After playing along with the opening hymn, I made my way back to Keith, sitting in the sanctuary at Bethany Lutheran Church. Yesterday’s Gospel reading was Mark 1:1-13. In this scripture passage, three things happened to Jesus: 1. At that time Jesus came from...
by Carole Duff | Dec 28, 2020 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
Here’s the link to last week’s Christmas Eve service—which I wrote about here—recorded on Monday evening, December 7th at Bethany Lutheran Church and livestreamed at noon on Christmas Eve: A poignant moment, when Pastor’s son Sam places the...
by Carole Duff | Dec 21, 2020 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27 NIV We heard the tick-tick-tick of sleet pecking the dining room greenhouse windows after...
by Carole Duff | Dec 14, 2020 | Faith, Local or Human Interest |
I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 “Just a quick reminder that we will be gathering on Monday, December 7th, at 6:30 p.m. to rehearse and record for the Christmas Eve worship,” Pastor Tim’s email read. “Since you will be...
by Carole Duff | Nov 30, 2020 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
Last night I had the strangest dreamI ever dreamed beforeI dreamed the world had all agreedTo put an end to war From the song written in 1950 by singer-songwriter Ed McCurdy and recorded by Simon and Garfunkel for their Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. album...
by Carole Duff | Nov 23, 2020 | Faith, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 (NIV) Last Saturday, while blowing leaves from ditches along the driveway and mountain road in preparation for winter, I noticed the bulbs I’d planted last month on the...
