THIS WEEK @ FMC – January 31 – February 6, 2024
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise.Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you.All the earth worships you; they sing praises to you, sing praises to your name.” Selah Come and see what God has done: he is […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – January 24-29, 2024
Thirteen and a half years we’ve lived in Kansas, and this is the first time I remember snow lasting more than a few days. Our Kansas-born youngest child (the older 3 were born in Wisconsin) proclaimed this morning how very tired she is of all this snow and ice; how much she is longing for […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – January 17-23, 2024
As we remember Martin Luther King, Jr. this week, the challenge rises before us to not only read/speak his words, but to join him in dreaming of and putting into action a better world every day of the year. I was moved by the prayer copied below, written by Martin Luther King, Jr. (source: Martin […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – January 10-16, 2024
A BLESSING FOR STAR WORDS (written by Rev. Sarah Speed) God of open horizons and open roads,like the Magi so many years ago,we are here, seeking you. Step by step, we have wandered into this hourwith the hope of feeling you in our midst. Step by step, you have seen us, claimed us, and called […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – January 3-9, 2024
Happy 2024!! This past Sunday I shared a poem written by Minnie Louise Haskins (1875-1957) inviting us to walk through the gate of the new year ‘finding the Hand of God.’ A little google research about Haskins led me to Wikipedia where I discovered there is more to the poem! Here’s the entire poem in […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – December 20, 2023-January 2, 2024
Joy and weariness: two sides of the same coin. Our Advent series this year from A Sanctified Art has invited us to hold space to notice and experience both our weariness, and our joy. “We believe in a God who hears our prayers, who knows the shape and form of our weariness. We believe in […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – December 6-19, 2023
Christmas festivities in Bethlehem have been cancelled this year. Standing in solidarity with brothers and sisters in Gaza who are experiencing unimaginable terror and suffering, Palestinian Christian clergy and leaders are calling for festivities to be replaced with a focus on the spiritual meaning of Christmas. I most recently read of this request for solidarity […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – November 29-December 5, 2023
“How Does a Weary World Rejoice?” (Advent 2023) (Written by the creators at A Sanctified Art) Joy is often a companion to many other emotions. We can feel joy in addition to feeling many other things at once: grief, anticipation, anxiety, excitement, disappointment, exhaustion. Perhaps many of us live with the myth that joy is […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – November 22, 2023
New every morning is your love, O Lord! Fresh your compassion daily dawns. New every morning is your mercy and grace; you are faithful you are strong. Lord, we thank you for this day! (text of a song written by Rory Noland) Thanksgiving is the theme of this week. While I value the invitation of […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – November 15-21, 2023
“It is lovely to know that we are a family united by the Spirit of God, and that despite being spread across the whole world, we can bring our petitions for one another before God,” says Samuel Martínez Leal, Iglesia Evangélica Menonita de El Salvador. This quote opens an email I received this week from […]
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