The Power of Alleluia: A Word That Changes Everything Each year, as we journey through the season of Lent, something subtle yet meaningful happens in our worship—we set aside a single word: Alleluia. It may seem small, almost unnoticeable at first, but over time its absence creates a quiet space within us. Our music becomes...
“We cannot truly celebrate Easter without first walking the road to the cross.” Before we arrive at the joy of Easter morning, we are invited each year to walk the sacred path of Holy Week—a journey that draws us deeply into the heart of our faith. It is a week filled with powerful moments, each...
“There is hope for a tree that has been cut down; it can come back to life and sprout. Even though its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the earth, with water it will bud again and grow like a young plant.” Job 14:7-9 “Where flowers bloom, so does hope.”...
Yo howdy All Y’all! It is a beautiful day! We are in the season of Lent, of preparing for Easter, preparing for Spring. Our gardens are a testament, affirmation, demonstration and metaphor of the Resurrection. “In faith: unity; in opinion: liberty; In all things: Love.” As Disciples of Christ, we each discern what the Resurrection...
Hello Central Christan Church! As we continue our way through Lent, I often look for more somber songs that talk about a journey or finding our way through struggles while still holding onto hope. One of the songs that we sing this time of year is Poor Wayfaring Stranger. For my newsletter article this month...
Although Ash Wednesday was a week and a half ago, the Lenten journey is still unfolding before us. In the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), we understand Lent not as a single day of ashes, but as a sacred season — forty days set aside to return, to reflect, and to be renewed. Many of...
