Members of the northern Natal tribes of South Africa greet one another daily by saying “Sawubona”, which literally means: “I see you.” The response is “Sikhona” which means: “I am here”. This exchange is important, for it denotes that ‘until you ‘see’ me, I do not exist; and when you ‘see’ me, you bring me into existence.
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A Pentecost Message
The experience of Pentecost could possibly bring out the skeptic in most of us. If it cannot be scrutinized, analyzed or categorized, we seem to have difficulty believing it. However, God the Holy Spirit invaded the hearts and spirits of women and men then, and continues to do so in an unexpected manner today……
Read MoreA summer message
“Pour out on us, O Lord, that same Spirit by which your deacon Ephrem rejoiced to proclaim in sacred song the mysteries of faith; and so gladden our hearts that we, like him, may be devoted to you alone” ~ a great cloud of witnesses, a calendar of commemorations As we live through these summer…..
Read MoreThe Prie Dieu (prayer desk)
The Prie Dieu (prayer desk) I love to work with wood! It is not only cathartic, it is indeed renewing, restoring and allows me to reclaim the joy of recreating! So, it is, each summer I intentionally “find” a project. This time around it feels like this project “found” me. It was “buried” in the…..
Read MoreChristmas message 2021
Christmas 2021 O Come let us adore Him….Christ the Lord! “You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger” Luke 2: 12b Jenny and our family, join me in wishing you a joyous and spirit filled Christmas. My prayer for you is the prayer we have for…..
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