by Carley Friesen | Jan 28, 2018 | News
Exodus 3-4 Moses was out on a desert saunter one day, wandering with Jethro’s sheep. Moses was leading them to the west side of the desert, to the higher elevations. So, it is quite likely that this is summer time and he is seeking cooler climes for the sheep. Horeb...
by Carley Friesen | Jan 21, 2018 | News
Jonah 3:1-5, 10 When I think of an epiphany, I think of light, glory, clarity, exhilaration, joy, running to find someone with whom to share the news! But epiphanies are not always like this. Sometimes they come in the midst of chaos and despair, in the darkest moment...
by Carley Friesen | Jan 14, 2018 | News
1 Samuel 3:1-10 These were dark days for the children of Israel. Yes, they had come to live in the promised land. Each tribe had taken a particular territory to inhabit, to fill, to possess. They had accepted Joshua’s challenge to give up the gods of Egypt, and to...
by Carley Friesen | Dec 31, 2017 | News
Revelation 21:1-5 Around the year 1204, Jesus spoke to St. Francis of Assisi. It was this message which formed Francis’ life work. The town of Assisi is located on the slopes of a mountain in central Italy. In the time of Francis, the higher you lived up the slopes,...
by Carley Friesen | Dec 28, 2017 | News
Isaiah 9:2-7; Luke 1:26-38 One day, Gabriel came to Mary and greeted her: “Hello, Mary. God is especially fond of you!” In response to the greeting, we are told, Mary was perplexed and pondered what these words might mean. So I thought, maybe I should be perplexed and...
by Carley Friesen | Dec 20, 2017 | News
