11 Oct 2018
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A Meditation on Rain
By: Karen Hoover “But now I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of God who is in heaven. For God makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just...
4 Oct 2018
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God’s Plan
By: Carolyn Gard Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10. On a recent trip to Alaska, we went on a boat tour of a fjord. On the way we were lucky enough to see a group of Orca whales. As we...
27 Sep 2018
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Harmony in Diversity
By: Jeanette Ford Jeanette Ford joined First Congregational Church in October 2015. She is an active member of the Wednesday afternoon memoir writing group and has published three books: Archival Principles and Practice (1990), Archival...
20 Sep 2018
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The Visitation – Being a Healing Presence
By: Pedro Silva In our spiritual community at First Congregational Church Boulder, UCC, some of our members are reading a small book called, The Art of Being a Healing Presence. Those of us reading it are part of a small, but growing,...
29 Aug 2018
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Loving Your Enemies is GRRReat!
Photo: The River, by John August Swanson By: Diana Shellenberger “Love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to...
22 Aug 2018
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Consequences
By: Nancy Wade 15 However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you: 16 You will be cursed in the...
16 Aug 2018
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Give it to God-Finding Ourselves in the Psalms
By: Deborah Voss Psalm 42 As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? My tears have been my food day and...
9 Aug 2018
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A Moment of Synchronicity
By: Wes LeMasurier If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever – the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees...
2 Aug 2018
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Eternal Life
By: Carolyn Gard For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 Having been to yet another memorial service, I got to thinking about...