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Happy New Year to all! This is a January column but, being written before Christmas, hopefully, readers are still open to some Christmas reflections.
The Sunday sermon of December 18 looked at the …
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By Gina Gaudet |
12/23/22 09:15 AM
There are so many churches! The church/denomination of choice may be based on family history; it could be a connection to a congregation (you were invited by a friend/colleague to a special event or …
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By GIna Gaudet |
10/28/22 10:59 AM
A few weeks ago, I spoke with a friend’s granddaughter, a youth leader in her church. She was starting to process big questions about what she reads in the bible and was unsure where to turn. I …
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By Gina Gaudet |
7/28/22 09:35 PM
Not long ago I read an interesting meditation on the circulatory system – specifically, how a drop of blood journeys without end from the center of the heart to the far reaches of the body, the …
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By Gina Gaudet |
6/23/22 10:17 PM
A walk to the beach at Lily Point speaks to me of the season of Lent to Easter
A bright day: The sunlight illuminates tiny yellow flower buds which, from even a slight distance, resemble tiny …
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By Gina Gaudet |
3/25/22 09:02 AM
When my youngest brother was eight years old, he was presented with his first bible. It was an important day for our family, and as we sat in the car on the way home, he soberly contemplated his new …
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By Gina Gaudet |
2/25/22 09:15 AM
Greetings and blessings in this new year! And much gratitude for all of the blessings of the year we just left behind.
A year ago we were in the process of assessing the damages that time and …
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By Gina Gaudet |
1/27/22 10:13 PM
As I am writing this, we are glued to screens that feed us images of the destruction wrought on precious communities by the weather patterns of an unsettled planet.
Weeks ago, we watched images of …
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By Gina Gaudet |
12/17/21 09:31 AM
As I write this, the rain pours down, quite literally in buckets, and Advent creeps around the corner, coming to light up a dark and dismal season.
This time of year, we return to the comforting, …
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By Gina Gaudet |
11/19/21 09:22 AM
We are told (1 Thess. 5:18) to “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God
This has been a challenging year for our church community, having much of our congregation sort …
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By Gina Gaudet |
9/24/21 07:59 AM
Much has been written lately regarding the current condition of our church sanctuary building. And much more is to come, as this is a costly repair/renovation. There’s much to tell of our …
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By Gina Gaudet |
8/27/21 09:45 AM
When I was very young, I learned a little poem, with hand gestures. It went like this:
Here is the church – hands folded, fingers interlocked, thumbs side by side
Here …
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By Gina Gaudet |
6/25/21 11:36 AM
Apocalypse. The word can strike fear in our minds. We tend to see it as a devastating event bringing an end to all that we know is real – the end of the world.
However, the word actually …
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By Gina Gaudet |
5/27/21 06:48 PM
Just over a week ago, we observed Earth Day. And just over a week from now, we will celebrate Mother’s Day. So it seems appropriate to explore our Biblical and theological call to honor our …
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By Gina Gaudet |
4/29/21 06:18 PM
Resurrection
This is the central event, and concept, in Christian theology. The events of Holy Week, leading up to Easter Morning, are the highest holy days of the Christian year.
So …
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By Gina Gaudet |
3/25/21 06:22 PM
As I write this, we are just a week into Lent. Oddly, sometimes it feels like we are into our second year of Lent, as we still live with a degree of restraint and enforced quiet contemplation of some …
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By Gina Gaudet |
2/25/21 06:10 PM
Well, if it isn’t one thing, it is another. It has been one difficult year for many people, and their churches.
Our little church has had to close its doors; half of our beloved congregation …
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By Gina Gaudet |
1/28/21 05:34 PM
This weekend we’re decorating for Christmas: Putting up and lighting a tree, hanging stockings, etc. We don’t decorate outdoors because the landlord, who lives next door, is an eccentric …
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By Gina Gaudet |
11/20/20 10:10 AM
Last month, we lost a beloved pastor, patriarch and prophet with the passing of Ernie Loreen.
He was larger than life; a big man with a big presence, a big voice and a big, big love for people. …
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By Gina Gaudet |
10/30/20 11:50 AM
The gospel for last Sunday (Matt. 16:13-20) offered new understanding of the identity of Jesus. The story occurs outside a temple built to honor Caesar Augustus (the first of the Caesars of the Roman …
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By Gina Gaudet |
8/28/20 11:46 AM
