THIS WEEK @ FMC – March 27-April 2, 2024
“O Christ, as we follow you down the road to Calvary guide us to become active participants, not curious bystanders. O Christ, as we stand with the mourners at the cross give us the love that can forgive those who trespass against us. O Christ, as we witness the new life given to us through […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – March 20-26, 2024
While [Jesus] was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head. (Mark 14:3) For five Sundays now in a row we have come […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – March 6-19, 2024
Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace, through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – February 28-March 5, 2024
I love the Lord because he has heard my voice and my supplications.Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. … Gracious is the Lord and righteous; our God is merciful.The Lord protects the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.Return, O my soul, to your rest, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. For […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – February 21-27, 2024
O Lord, grant me to greet the coming day in peace, help me in all things to rely upon your holy will. In every hour of the day reveal your will to me. Bless my dealings with all who surround me. Teach me to treat all that comes to me throughout the day with peace […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – February 14-20, 2014
“Can we see the face of Christ on a neighbor flying a rainbow flag or wearing a MAGA cap? If you can, you might be a philanthrope. More than financial generosity, philanthropy, broadly defined, is love of people. In the Christian ideal, it’s a love that not only casts others in a positive light but […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – February 7-13,2024
This coming Sunday (February 11) we’ll go ‘up the mountain’ with Jesus, Peter, James and John. This is the last Sunday before Lent takes us on its sacred downward descent of surrender to the cross. It’s a difficult spiritual journey; one we humans still struggle to understand, accept, and surrender to. Our continued confusion resonates […]
Read postTHIS 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 […]
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