SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENTDECEMBER 10, 2023 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,that her warfare is accomplished,that her iniquity is pardoned:for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,Prepare ye the way ofContinueContinue reading “ADVENT PEACE”
Category Archives: Peace
A HOPE FOR PEACE
Gratitude is the emotional response to the surprise of our very existence.Diana Butler Bass (Grateful, p. 43) I am writing on Thanksgiving Eve of 2023 – Wednesday, November 22. It didn’t occur to me until last night, as my wife and I were driving home from an interfaith Thanksgiving service, that it was sixty yearsContinueContinue reading “A HOPE FOR PEACE”
SHALOM
“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 let them be afraid.” [John 14:27 NRSV] Monday, February 28 was my final day as Acting Bishop of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the ELCA. It wasContinueContinue reading “SHALOM”
Walking Together in Faith 