The Christian Reformed Church (CRC) includes just over one thousand congregations across the United States and Canada. About 75 percent of the churches are in the United States; 25 percent are in Canada.[1] The Christian Reformed Church has established the following as it’s governing policy regarding the use of feminine language for God: “The endorsement… [Read More]
What is to Prevent You?; On the Occasion of the Baptism of Arthur Simo Carrasco Janhunen and Our First Sunday Hybrid Service; Rev Dee Ledger; May 2, 2021
You’ve heard it said that the devil is in the details. We usually hear this expression when something small is overlooked but leads to a much bigger problem. Yet did you know that this phrase derives from an earlier phrase that meant, “God is in the details”? Here’s the thing about scripture: details that seem… [Read More]
Of Shepherds, Sheep, and Choice; Rev. Dee Ledger, April 25, 2021
Have you ever witnessed something that you wished you could unsee? In your personal life, have you ever had an encounter or a conversation or just observed something that you wish you had not? Often when that happens, our minds spin, depending on the relationships involved and what we have personally observed. There is a… [Read More]
While in Their Joy, They Were Disbelieving… Rev. Dee Ledger, April 18, 2021
In Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem, “One Boy Told Me,” a little boy innocently asks, “What does minus mean?” In today’s world, “minus” can mean 3 million deaths by Covid worldwide, or nearly 20,000 deaths by gun violence in 2020, or the extinction of the Chiriqui harlequin frog from our planet. Or perhaps a “minus” can… [Read More]
Little Easter; Rev. Dee Ledger, April 4, 2021
The great Christian proclamation of Easter is that Resurrection happens. Even today, two thousand and eighteen years after Jesus’ death, it is a lot to take in… Jesus rising from a tomb back then and his ability to rise even now. So, it is not so very odd if, on a personal level, you wrestle… [Read More]
Courage in the Small Things; A Message for Palm Sunday; Rev Dee Ledger, March 28,2021
Today, on Palm Sunday, the official start of Holy Week, we have an opportunity to speak of courage. We have an opportunity to view Jesus and ourselves through the lens of courage: the courage that it takes to show up, to protest or to fight for a cause, the courage to give one’s testimony, the… [Read More]
Beyond Preservation; Rev. Dee Ledger, March 21, 2021
For those of us residing in the northern hemisphere, spring is finally and officially here. Each spring, I usually get the urge to do some spring cleaning—clearing house, so to speak. You know the deal: suddenly, you want to hose down the windows, pull out all dead growth around the outside of your home, organize… [Read More]
Exposed and Exposure; Rev. Dee Ledger, March 14, 2021
In the past week, several folks on both sides of the pond having been talking about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah. The interview was truly an exposé and gave surprising (perhaps even shocking) details about their experience in dealing with the palace as an institution and members of the “Firm” as they… [Read More]
Holy Rage; Rev. Dee Ledger, March 7, 2021
In 1966, in an interview with CBS’ Mike Wallace, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. said this: “I contend that the cry of ‘black power’ is, at bottom, a reaction to the reluctance of white power to make the kind of changes necessary to make justice a reality for the Negro…I think that we’ve got… [Read More]
Lend Us Your Ears; Rev. Dee Ledger, February 28, 2021
Peter has just heard what he does not want to hear. Jesus has been going around teaching hard truths—that he will endure suffering, rejection, and ultimately be killed. Imagine for a moment quitting your profession, following some leader’s movement, and giving your life for that cause, only to have that person, that cause, tell you… [Read More]
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