Marks Musings
Posted on: January 25th, 2023
This past summer in a Facebook conversation, I was referred to as a social media influencer. That comment made me stop to think about what the person might have been saying. I realized that I do post with relative frequency on Facebook, sometimes sharing photos and news and other times raising awareness of issues and […]
Posted on: January 18th, 2023
On August 28, it will be 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr. led the march on Washington and made his iconic speech that is still remembered and quoted today. On April 4, it will be 55 years since Martin Luther King was shot. An icon in the civil rights movement, he still has a […]
Posted on: January 11th, 2023
As I’m writing my musings for this week, Beth is in the process of taking down our Christmas tree. All the other decorations around the house, and as you may know there are many, were taken down over the weekend. The house is beginning to look normal again with everything back in its place. And […]
Posted on: January 4th, 2023
Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher said, “Change is the only constant in life.” As we all know from our experiences of life, no matter how short or long we have lived, we always face the possibility and reality of change. And, change will always affect us no matter how prepared we are and no matter how […]
Posted on: December 21st, 2022
Love came down at Christmas, love all lovely, Love divine; Love was born at Christmas; star and angels gave the sign. Worship we the Godhead, Love incarnate, Love divine; worship we our Jesus, but wherewith for sacred sign? Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine; love to God and others, love for plea and gift and […]
Posted on: December 14th, 2022
I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart (where?) Down in my heart (where?) Down in my heart I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart (where?) Down in my heart to stay Sometimes the songs meant for children speak deeply and profoundly even in their simplicity. I think […]
Posted on: December 7th, 2022
In the wilderness of our time, we as people of faith need to cry out a message of peace that grounds us through our relationship with Jesus, the one we know as the Prince of Peace. This week’s Advent theme is the peace God offers us in His coming among us, and in His promised […]
Posted on: November 30th, 2022
This week’s Advent theme is hope … and there is no doubt that we always need hope and especially during the times in which we are living. The prophetic voice of faith is about crying out in the wilderness of our time that we have experienced the gift of hope and recognized it as God […]
Posted on: November 23rd, 2022
Yesterday, as I was standing with a small group in front of the town hall for the National Housing Day rally, the image that came to mind for me was a voice crying in the wilderness. Sometimes, the world we live in can feel like a wilderness given all we experience in our lives and […]
Posted on: November 16th, 2022
Over the past few weeks, i have been reflecting on each of the foundational elements that are part of our mission statement here at St. Paul’s. When we seek to worship Christ, we will come to know Christ more intimately; and when we know Christ, we will desire to serve Christ. That is the third […]