by superadmin | Sep 21, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
Sara McNelis Grace Church, Kingston (Part III of III, continued from previous post) Over the last few weeks and months, I have allowed the words of the Pilgrimage Collect to wash over me. I have talked to parishioners and clergy. I have gone to the Pilgrimage meetings...
by superadmin | Sep 20, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
Sara McNelis Grace Church, Kingston (Part II of III, continued from previous post) Sunday is my day to rest, to breathe, to rejuvenate; to be nurtured rather than nurture. Sunday is my day to ‘go to church’–a commitment that, over the last few years,...
by superadmin | Sep 19, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
Sara McNelis Grace Church, Kingston (Part I of III) The request for me to participate in blogging about my journey during this Pilgrimage comes at a very appropriate time for me and I am honored to share some personal thoughts and reflections with all of you. This...
by superadmin | Sep 16, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
Mark Laubach St. Stephen’s Pro-Cathedral, Wilkes-Barre A mighty fortress is our God Hymn 687 and 688, The Hymnal 1982 Having grown up in the Lutheran Church with a father and two uncles who served as pastors in the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America),...
by superadmin | Sep 15, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
Mark Laubach St. Stephen’s Pro-Cathedral, Wilkes-Barre The Lord my God my shepherd is Hymn 663, The Hymnal 1982 The text of Hymn 663, “The Lord my God my shepherd is,” a paraphrase of the beloved Psalm 23, was written in 1953 by F. Bland Tucker (1895 – 1984)...
by superadmin | Sep 14, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
Mark Laubach St. Stephen’s Pro-Cathedral, Wilkes-Barre O Zion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling Hymn 539, The Hymnal 1982 The words of the hymn “O Zion, haste,” are by Mary Ann Thomson (1834 – 1923), a native of London who eventually moved to Philadelphia and...
