Lent Blog

Stories of Kindness to Build a Better World

With Basin and Towel

Beauty as I’d never seen Eyes closed through mirror darkVision of servant at deedStill takes my heart apart Humility on bended kneesSplashes hitting her feet and the floor Hands tremulous by advancing disease Undeterred for the one he adored His bride of 60 some years Her hip broken now newly repaired Unable to reach her own feet She sat on toilet…

April 3, 2023
How we love..

“Faced with what we lack, some things fall apart, but from the ashes new dreams start, all that matters is how we love…” Beth Nielsen Chapman

April 2, 2023
An Invitation to Virtual Via Dolorosa Walk

On Monday evening at 7:00 pm EDT, our church will be hosting a virtual walk of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. The path Jesus took on the way to the cross. You need to pre-register for the free and open to all event. Click on the link to register. https://marblechurch.org/calendar/9513/virtual-via-dolorosa-walk-via-zoom

April 1, 2023
Hope in Perspective

I take a walk around my neighborhood almost every morning and any time I need a little pick me up. Some days it’s easier than others to motivate myself. It would be so much easier to eat a cookie! Or two! But, I tell myself I only have to walk to my favorite tree which…

March 31, 2023
Kindness is Like Eating Chocolate Ice Cream with a Toddler

If you’ve ever eaten chocolate ice cream with a toddler, you know that you’ll both have as much on you as in you. Kindness works the same way. You can’t be kind to someone without being impacted as well.

March 30, 2023
A Tribute to Clair

On March 18th, our friend and longtime member of Marble Collegiate Church, Clair Zak passed away. She was one of the first female members of our church’s board appointed in the mid-1980’s. She shared a personal story with the Marble Women’s Ministry that was published in a prayer book many years ago. Clair had a…

March 29, 2023
Hope During a Storm

Rainbows remind me that storms do pass. It’s hard to remember during the downpour, though. But, something a friend said recently said will make it a little easier next time. She knows I have been going through a challenging season and reminded me that God blesses us during the storm by reminding me how we…

March 28, 2023
The Art of Kindness from Children

The Middle School classroom (Grades 5 and 6) at CYF talked about “Kindness” after reading “Just Help! How to Build a Better World,” and they discussed how kindness isn’t always seen or spoken about. They said, “Doing an act of kindness can be unseen just as much as seen, and no less special and important.”…

March 27, 2023
Walk in the light…

“Walk in the light, Beautiful light. Come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright”. 🎶🎵🎶🎵 Thank you Susan for sharing this beautiful picture.

March 26, 2023
To Be List, not To Do List

Do Not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the…

March 25, 2023