by Carley Friesen | Nov 14, 2016 | News
Luke 21:1-19 It was near the end of Jesus’ ministry. He and his followers were visiting the Temple in Jerusalem. Jesus was watching. He saw a poor woman’s overwhelming generosity, which had to be named, noted and remembered. “She put in all that she had!” he marvels....
by Carley Friesen | Nov 9, 2016 | News
John 15:5 When I heard about the harvest theme for today, I thought about corn. So, I found some corn to bring. It isn’t in season, but it is dried and saved for ornamental fall harvest baskets. So I wondered next about how I could connect corn with vines and...
by Carley Friesen | Jul 31, 2016 | News
Hosea 11:1-11 What does a parent do when her child makes a really terrible choice? What does it feel like for the parent? I suppose it all depends on the parent. A woman wrote a piece on her experience of her son’s incarceration for The Guardian a few years ago....
by Carley Friesen | Jul 24, 2016 | News
Learning to pray is both much more difficult than we can ever imagine and much simpler than we can ever imagine. I learned this truth through one of my first failures as the Campus Ministries Coordinator at the college where I taught 30+ years ago. I had invited David...
by Carley Friesen | Jul 17, 2016 | News
Genesis 18:1-10 & Luke 10:38-42 I grew up taking piano lessons – many years of piano lessons. Our home’s piano was a generous, surprise Christmas gift from my grandfather when I was about 8 years old. The next fall lessons began. I stayed with it longer than...
by Carley Friesen | Jul 10, 2016 | News
Luke 10:25-37 Tuesday morning, our hearts were torn at the news of a young black man shot to death by police while they were attempting to arrest him in Louisiana. Wednesday evening, we are broken again by news of another young black man, shot to death by police...
