Pastorkate’s Weblog

Lots of people are hurting-economically, personally and physically. everything inside of you says keep quiet, tough it out or withdraw. For many of us, it is difficult to share our pain and sorrow.  However, instead of hiding our pain, God invites us to be counter intuitive and open up to God and one another.

This economic recession can be a gift to us.  It can show us how to live in community better.  It can help us re-think our spending and get families talking about budgets and needs versus wants. It can reveal the failures of our society “to care for the least of these.”  Maybe even shake some of the most wealthy out of their complacency and help them to see and help hurting people.  God uses every moment of our lives for a lesson. Now, I believe God is using this time and these events to teach us about compassion, stewardship and opening our hearts to God’s strength.

So will you join me this Lent for a brief service of wholeness and healing and also our Lenten Bible Study “Soup and Soul” on Monday nights?  Use this time to focus on what is important and – by the way- the soup is free!

peace to you