Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted, from Handel’s MESSIAH, with Tenor Jon Lackey and the Arlington Symphony, Arlington, Virginia
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It looks a bit like a Charlie Brown christmas tree at the moment, but Vicki and I planted this year’s baby tree from the Seattle Trees For Neighborhoods program on December 9, 2020. Its species is called Amur Maackia. The arborist with the program chose it for this location for multiple reasons, including its hardiness […]
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STAYING GROUNDED IN HOPE DURING ADVENT This series of weekly reflections during Advent, entitled CHAPTER ONE, focuses on pivotal encounters in St. Luke’s “prequel” to the birth of Jesus. The series is a collaboration between Peace members Boots Winterstein and Laura Bermes. Episode Two, Week of December 6: Luke 1: 26-38 Mary. And Gabriel, again.
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“As the dark awaits the dawn, so we await your light. O Star of promise, scatter night, loving bright, loving bright, till shades of fear are gone.” – Susan Palo Cherwien, ELW #261 Dearly Beloved, When World War Two broke out in September 1939, it was not uncommon in Britain to hear the remark, “It’ll all […]
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Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live!” – Ezekiel 37:9 Dearly Beloved, As November arrives, there’s a deep sense that we Americans (and others around the world) are holding our collective breath as we await results from the most contentious election season in our lifetimes. With […]
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October is hunger awareness month. There are powerful ways we can respond! Bread for the World has again offered us an opportunity to address our concerns — by way of letters to our congresspersons. Of course this year we cannot meet on Sunday morning, enjoy eating “breads of the world,” and inspire each other with […]
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“I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat.” – Matthew 25:35 Beloved of God, October is a harvest month. The pumpkins and squash are getting rip, the last of the summer garden produce is being harvested, fresh apples are being picked and making their way to the market. It’s time for “bringing in […]
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From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. – Matthew 16:21 Beloved of God, I don’t know about you, but our household is […]
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There was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces…but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the […]
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Guest organist David Boeckh made several recordings at Peace recently. This one, Prelude in D Major by J.S. Bach, served as the postlude to our worship service on July 26, 2020.
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