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, the hope of a fresh moment when “all things are made new” is ever with [...]

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 moral challenge humanity has ever faced. Let that statement sit with you a moment, let [...]

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 Attorney General William Tong and Arunan Arulampalam, Assistant Commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Consumer Protection. [...]