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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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Notes From West Mountain The Rev. Mark Diters “Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a king. For this, I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the [...]
Notes From West Mountain The Rev. Mark Diters The front page of the New York Times’ Sunday Review section yesterday dropped the headline to well below the fold, leaving the top three-quarters of the page blank. And the “Bottom [...]
Notes from West Mountain THANK YOU SIGNS HEARTS AND WELL WISHES God’s affirmation is like that, yeah it is. [...]
NOTES FROM WEST MOUNTAIN - The Rev. Mark E. Diters Something to be sure about…Easter is not cancelled! Nor is it postponed, re-scheduled, ‘to be announced’, forgotten, omitted, or simply not happening! The promise of life beyond life, God’s power to overcome death and despair, [...]
NOTES FROM WEST MOUNTAIN - The Rev. Mark E. Diters Season of Lent…Mother Earth…20-20 Vision 2020-Environment & Justice “Behold, I make all things new!” Revelation 21: 5 The Rev. Jim Antol, in his book Climate Church Climate World, names climate change as the greatest [...]
NOTES FROM WEST MOUNTAIN - The Rev. Mark E. Diters 20-20 Vision 2020: RACE AND JUSTICE…ENVIRONMENT AND JUSTICE “Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.” -Maggie Kuhn, leader of the “Gray Panther” movement Earlier today I participated in a press conference by Connecticut’s [...]
