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The Bells are (Almost) Ringing
This Christmas Eve, I share some pictures and music to calm your soul… If you need a place to worship from home this Christmas Eve, at 6:30 pm EST, you can stream from our church, Marble Collegiate in New York City. If you cannot make it at 6:30, you can stream the service at anytime….…
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God’s Mercies
God’s mercies are new every day and happen in the most unexpected ways. Early one morning, I stepped out of my car at work and caught my breath. A brilliant yellow-orange sun was just glowing over the horizon. “How beautiful,” I whispered to myself as I reached for my phone to take a photo to…
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Amaryllis and me…
A tale from a long ago mind and place wove a story for anyone who would listen. A tale of longing, waiting, persistent love. A story of a shy, young shepherdess, Amaryllis. A young girl, who, through her daily life guiding, cajoling, leading her flock, met a young and, we hear, very handsome and strong…
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Have Hope
Sometimes it’s difficult to find evidence for hope in God’s world; in God’s Word, in God’s church, in God’s people, yes, there are signs aplenty – including in that which is imperfect. But in God’s world – a place so chaotic, so corrupted, so flawed, divided and secularized? Where do we look to remember that…
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Winter Arrives
We have entered the season of short days, and long dark nights. Dark nights can be hard. But they can also be good. I used to really dislike the darkness until I came upon the saying, “it is better to light a candle, than to curse the darkness”. It’s so true. Curling up with a…
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Walk in the Light
Shared by Rev. Brittany Juliette Hanlin “Walk in the light(walk in the light)Beautiful light(beautiful light)Come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright(Oh Lord)Shine all around us by day and by nightOh oh oh oh, Jesus is the light of the world…” Advent is a season of watching and waiting, but it also a season…
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Amaryllis for the Afternoon
As Sunday is our day to share music to soothe our souls, this was passed along by Elaine Seigel, who supported my late grandmother. She shared prayers and cared for my grandmother Loretta in such a special way, as my grandmother was overwhelmed at the time by taking care of her husband with Parkinson’s Disease.…
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Advent Begets Patience
Isaiah 40:31 says, “They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” Today, as I listened to Mendelssohn’s “I Waited for the Lord “… (I waited for the Lord, he inclined unto me…he heard my…
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Waiting upon the Lord
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”Isaiah 40:31 (KJV) My boyfriend and I moved into our new apartment in Fort Lee, NJ on November 19th, 2021. It was a very hectic…
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The Fragrance
But thanks be to God who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him. 2 Corinthians 2:14 When I saw the theme for this year’s Advent blog, I realized I don’t know much about amaryllis plants. I know they are beautiful,…