June 2021 Newsletter

Notes from West Mountain (The Rev. Mark Diters) The Distance of Grief Last week we lost a beloved member of our congregation and our community. Karen Hollant’s death, though expected, leaves so many people deeply grieving, each in their own way. Our collective prayers for [...]

June 2021 Newsletter2023-04-07T20:35:00-04:00

May 2021 Newsletter

NOTES FROM WEST MOUNTAIN The Rev. Mark Diters Pentecost 2021 In my mind’s eye, at the head of a table filled with seated suits, I imagine a corporate head strumming his fingers together over his chest, imposing, uncompromising, foreboding. And he utters this common [...]

May 2021 Newsletter2021-05-04T01:22:55-04:00

April 2021 Newsletter

Notes from West Mountain  April 2021 Welcome to Eastertide! What a marvelous term. SO! What is Eastertide you might ask? Hmm... Eastertide is the fifty days following Easter, and it ends with Pentecost.  The long standing traditional liturgical calendar has all kinds of seasons and [...]

April 2021 Newsletter2023-04-07T20:35:10-04:00

March 2021 Newsletter

NOTES FROM WEST MOUNTAIN The Rev. Mark Diters Easter is coming! I once saw a magnificent sermon a preacher offered on a Good Friday. He was an artist of repetition and rhythm. And he spoke to the pain and suffering of Jesus in the events [...]

March 2021 Newsletter2021-03-17T00:57:13-04:00

February 2021 Newsletter

NOTES FROM WEST MOUNTAIN The Rev. Mark Diters Psalms of Lament...our Psalms come from a long, long time ago. It isn’t always easy to measure the significance of that. Traditionally they are attributed to King David. And there is no reason to think that he [...]

February 2021 Newsletter2021-02-11T14:48:53-04:00

January 2021 Newsletter

Notes from West Mountain…                                            The Rev. Mark Diters THE MORE THINGS CHANGE--- THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME! 2021...To begin, a bit of news…Colleen [...]

January 2021 Newsletter2021-05-03T16:12:43-04:00

December 2020 Newsletter

Notes from West Mountain                                                                                                                       The Rev. Mark Diters Be of good cheer! Have you heard this one? “With the 2020 Pandemic, my body has soaked up so much soap and disinfectant that when I pee, I clean the toilet.” Isaiah proclaimed, “For a child [...]

December 2020 Newsletter2020-12-04T17:05:14-04:00

November 2020 Newsletter

Notes From West Mountain Gladly Giving Stewardship and giving...Paul, writing to the Corinthians penned these often quoted words: “The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must [...]

November 2020 Newsletter2020-11-03T18:03:14-04:00

October 2020 Newsletter

News From West Mountain by The Rev. Mark Diters “A TIME TO BE…” Ecclesiastes is known for wondering about the worth of life and the existential quandaries of human existence. But it is also one of the most life-affirming books in our scriptures. In Ecclesiastes, [...]

October 2020 Newsletter2020-11-03T18:03:57-04:00

September 2020 Newsletter

NOTES FROM WEST MOUNTAIN                                                                                    [...]

September 2020 Newsletter2020-09-11T13:21:29-04:00
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