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QNA – Questions, not Answers is a monthly inter-generational discussion for students and community members and has moved to meeting via Zoom for the coming months.  If you are interested in attending, please email Carla Rossi at ckrossi@comcast.net for the link to the meeting. If you previously participated in QNA, we hope you will join us again.  If you haven’t, newcomers are

O God, You have transformed the world. In the resurrection, I see that nothing is so powerful you cannot overcome it. Not even death. With your followers through the ages, help me raise my voice to declare that you are risen! Help me to both speak and live your love and justice, your forgiveness and new life. Help me to

1When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint [Jesus’ body]. 2And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3They had been saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the

Holy week is a week of so many emotions. There is anticipation and excitement as Jesus is welcomed into Jerusalem by the crowds.  There is anticipation and some defiance as they call out “Hosanna!” (which means save us) and use references to the messiah whom the prophets said would come and save the people.  There is concern and confusion over

Want to help with the bird and pollinator garden at the Penn State Arboretum on Saturday, May 1st? Sign up now! They are looking for volunteers to help with planting a Pollinator and Bird Garden, using COVID-19 safety plan and working outdoors!  to help from 9 am – 12 pm. You’ll get more details once you sign up, but the Arboretum

O God, This holy week, as we remember your passion, we anticipate celebrating your resurrection. Each week of our lives, as we live through difficulty and sorrow, we trust that new life will come. Remind me each day that new life will win. Amen.  

When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, [Jesus] sent two of his disciples 2and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. 3If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’

Meditate At times, we can quiet ourselves and try to clear our minds and listen for God.  Very seldom does God shout wisdom to us, but God does speak in thoughts, ideas, yearnings and feelings. Sit or stand or lie silently.  Find a comfortable place and position.  Include music if you like. Clear your mind of thoughts and ideas. If

Back in early February, on those coldest and harshest days of winter, it was hard to imagine that spring would ever come.  If I hadn’t seen winter end and spring arrive before, I’m not sure I could have wrapped my mind around the fact that the same neighborhood where snow, ice and bitter winds chilled me to the bone would

Oh, God, You are always bringing hope where I can only see loss. Like fresh green sprouts that mark the change of winter to spring, you bring new growth deep within me. Like tiny flowers that push through last fall’s old and sodden leaves, something beautiful will arise. As certainly as the seasons change, sorrow and loss will be transformed.