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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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