Author: John Thomas Frazier

Readings for Sarah Josepha Buell Hale 1879

Psalm 96Jeremiah 30:17-19, 22Philippians 1:27–2:2Matthew 5:1-12

Jeremiah

“Out of them shall come thanksgiving, and the sound of merrymakers. I will make them many, and they shall not be few;    I will make them honored, and they shall not be disdained.” (Jer. 30:19)

My Pondering

“Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, who we remember today, was born in New Hampshire in 1788 to Captain Gordon Buell and Martha Buell, both of whom were advocates for equal education for both sexes. In 1813, she married David Hale, a promising lawyer who shared her intellectual interests. In 1822, David died four days before the birth of their fifth child.” (From The Great Cloud of Witnesses)

After her husband died she wore black for the rest of her life.  She also dedicated the rest of her life to improving the status of women in this new country.  She worked for women’s education, and editing a magazine. She also wrote poetry.

In 1830, she published a book of verses for children aimed at the Sunday school market; it included the now-famous “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” originally called “Mary’s Lamb.”  (From The Great Cloud of Witnesses)  “In 1823, with the monetary support of her (then late) husband’s Freemason lodge, she published a collection of her poems entitled The Genius of Oblivion.”   (Wikipedia)

Sarah Hale also worked towards national goals that she thought would help bring the country together. “She is perhaps most famous for the nationalization of the Thanksgiving holiday, toward which she worked many years and which finally received presidential sanction under Abraham Lincoln.” (From The Great Cloud of Witnesses)

From what I understand, Thanksgiving was being celebrated in her home state of New Hampshire.  Hale worked to make it national.  But as is said by the Prophet Jeremiah, “Out of them shall come thanksgiving, and the sound of merrymakers. I will make them many, and they shall not be few.”  Hale wanted what she had in her home state to be realized by everybody in the country.

What tradition do you have that would help the rest of us be more appreciative of what we have?  Is there some time you have set aside for a special purpose?  It does not have to become national, but if you realize some value in what you do, write about it and share it.  You can never tell how you might enhance someone’s life. God has given us to each other.  Sarah Hale shared herself with us.  I will remember her at Thanksgiving and say “Mary Had a Little Lamb” with new wonder!

Let us hear what the Spirit is saying through and to the people of the Creating Word and then let us “Ponder anew what the Almighty is doing.”  John Thomas Frazier Sr.

Readings for April 29 Catherine of Siena 1380 from The Great Cloud of Witnesses

Readings from Common of Saints

Psalm 29Exodus 3:11-15Romans 11:33-36Matthew 28:18-20

Exodus

“But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’ He said, ‘I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God on this mountain.” (Exodus 3:11-12)

My Pondering

It is the greatest of my pleasures to bring to some reader’s attention the precious saints that gave their lives in witness to the Gospel of Jesus.  Such a saint is Catherine of Siena whom we remember this day.  From the Great Cloud of Witnesses we learn that she was the youngest of 25 children and was a sickly child.  However she was dedicated to loving Jesus from very early in her childhood.  And with various conflicts with her family about her choice of vocation, she was finally allowed to pursue a life of contemplation.

What really amazed me about Catherine is the part she played in an attempt to re-unify the Church of Rome during her day.  “During the great schism of the papacy, with rival popes in Rome and Avignon, Catherine wrote tirelessly to princes, kings, and popes, urging them to restore the unity of the Church. She even went to Rome to press further for the cause.” (From The Great Cloud of Witnesses)  Now she was not clergy.  But as a committed and vowed lay person she acted as directed by God to bring the faithful leadership back to Rome.

For me, she is reminiscent of Moses who was sent to Pharaoh in Egypt for the benefit of the enslaved Israelites.  It seems God always uses some of us, not for our own benefit but for the benefit of the many. Catherine was just such a person. She, and we, could say the same thing that Moses said, “who are we that we should try to fix the problems of the church or the world?”  But God reminds us as God reminded Moses, “I will be with you.”  With God with us we are in good shape no matter what it may look like in worldly terms. We should not fear trouble or even death.  God brings us back from death to live and love for all eternity. We just need to do the best works we can in this life.

“Besides her many letters to all manner of people, Catherine wrote a Dialogue, a mystical work dictated in ecstasy. Exhausted and paralyzed, she died at the age of thirty-three.” (From The Great Cloud of Witnesses)

Catherine got out of the way of God working in her young life.  I wish I had the visions she received from Jesus. Then again, there are great responsibilities associated with receiving such visions.  Perhaps I should be careful of what I ask for.  Nah, give me the vision Lord and I’ll do the work you give me to do.  Amen.

Let us hear what the Spirit is saying through and to the people of the Creating Word and then let us “Ponder anew what the Almighty is doing.”  John Thomas Frazier Sr.

Eucharistic Readings for the Second Sunday of Easter Year C

Acts 5:27-32 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31 Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150

John

“But Thomas (who was called the Twin – also Didymus) one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” (John 20:24-25a)

My Pondering

We know that of the twelve, Judas has died.  All the rest, the eleven now, stayed together. Most of the time, after the resurrection, it is revealed that they huddled together in a room behind a locked door. The writers make that point to let us know that the door was locked but the Resurrected Jesus appeared with then anyway.

So why was Thomas not with them?  I recall Thomas as one who suggested that they all go to Jerusalem and die with Jesus. (John 11:16) So he was no coward.  Also Thomas was not afraid to speak up when Jesus made statements about his followers knowing the where he was going. Thomas spoke up and said that in fact they did not know and he wondered how could they know the way.   (John 14:5)  This shows something of the character of Thomas.  He was a person of dedication, integrity, courage, and honest about what he knows and does not know.  Perhaps he was tired of the weakness of the other ten.  He was tired enough to be away from them as they stayed locked up in their room.

Now these men who came out of their self imprisonment approach Thomas with news of the Resurrection. Thomas doubts the people who also doubted the person who first brought the news to them, Mary Magdalene.  Yet they come to Thomas with the same words, “We have seen the Lord.”

Yes Thomas does say that unless certain criteria are met he would not believe.  But maybe this was more about his relationship with the ten than a real doubt about the risen Jesus.  While Jesus invites Thomas to touch him we don’t have it in writing that he actually does.  Just seeing Jesus was enough to see that the others were in fact telling the truth and Thomas proclaims Jesus as his Lord and his God. (John 20:28)

What does it mean for us today to hear “We have seen the Lord”?  I think whenever we are blessed enough to see something good happen, when it was against all odds, we have seen Jesus raised.  When we see life given back to someone who was dying, or a life saving operation, or an accident that could have been much worse, we have seen the Lord.  Jesus is made manifest in the many miracles that happen all around us.  And they are happening all the time.

Sometimes, like Thomas, we are not so sure of the sources that report the miracle.  But we must remember, it’s really not about them, it’s about Jesus and his invitation to just believe even if we have not seen but have been told.  And because we have been told, and yet not seen, we believe and are blessed.  Thank You Jesus.

Let us hear what the Spirit is saying through and to the people of the Creating Word and then let us “Ponder anew what the Almighty is doing.”  John Thomas Frazier Sr.

Readings for Saturday of Easter Week 27 April 2019 Easter

Acts 4:13-21 Mark 16:9-15,20 Psalm 118:14-18 or Psalm 118:19-24

Acts

“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized them as companions of Jesus.  When they saw the man who had been cured standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition.  So they ordered them to leave the council while they discussed the matter with one another.  They said, “What will we do with them? For it is obvious to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable sign has been done through them; we cannot deny it.  But to keep it from spreading further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.” (Acts 4: 13 – 17)

My Pondering

Because the earth turns out to be round and not flat as believed by early Bible writers, and thus does not have four corners, does not mean that God does not exist. And because the sun does not orbit around the earth as believed by early writers of the Bible, but in fact the earth moves around the sun, does not mean that God does not exist.

I have a strong faith.  However, I pray that God assists my intellect when I’m faced with some new-to-me fact of God’s love that I did not know. So that when it is shown to me, I find a way to evolve, to “re-ponder” my faith into a way that will adapt for the sake of my soul and my love for others. 

In the passage above we have men who acknowledge that good has been done.  But rather than accept it and adjust, they wish to quiet it and keep it from the people.  There comes a time when we must acknowledge the evidence presented to us.  This does not mean the giving up of one’s faith, but rather to ponder anew what the Almighty can do.

These men in the Acts passage above are all about maintaining their religious power. They want to keep from spreading among the people something good that they themselves can’t deny.  Rather than finding ways to be a part of this Good News, they want to suppress it. Do they not have loved ones who could benefit from this healing power made manifest in Jesus’ Name?

There are many religious sects today that operate from this kind of controlling fear and forbid their members from visiting or participating in any other faith tradition. The fear is that if they see something they think is better, they are lost.  I am reminded of an old saying, “If you love something, let it go, if it comes back to you, it’s yours, if it does not, it never was.”

I belong to the Christian Tradition that operates our Washington National Cathedral. Many diverse faiths have been, and continue to be, invited to speak from our pulpit. Jesus is about love and inclusiveness, not fear and controlling.  Thank You Jesus.

Let us hear what the Spirit is saying through and to the people of the Creating Word and then let us “Ponder anew what the Almighty is doing.”  John Thomas Frazier Sr.

Readings for Friday in Easter Week

Acts 4:1-12   John 21:1-14   Psalm 116:1-8 or Psalm 118:19-24

Acts

“Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, if we are questioned today because of a good deed done to someone who was sick and are asked how this man has been healed, let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this man is standing before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead. This Jesus is

`the stone that was rejected by you, the builders;
it has become the cornerstone.’  (Comes from Psalm 118:22)

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.”  (Acts 4:8 -12)

My Pondering

I have learned from buying furniture that comes unassembled in a box with various loose pieces to not throw anything away – at least until the furniture is completely assembled.  The very piece you think has no use is the very piece that holds everything together.  So it is with people too.

There was a small parish that needed to raise funds to do various carpentry projects around the building.  Much attention was given to the high dollar folk in the congregation.  And almost disregard was given to the poor or out of work parishioners.  One of the out-of-work parishioners, it turns out, was a carpenter, who, at the time, had both the talent and the time to make a huge difference in how much money they would need. We can’t dismiss anybody.

Each and every one of us contains a treasure that God has put in us.  The Creating Word has placed in each of us something the rest of us needs.  There are no trash people.  It takes longer to see what God has put in some, but it is there. I fear that some people turn to do bad things because they don’t know that God has blessed them with a much needed gift.  It’s in you and it’s in me. We need each other. God made us that way.

Jesus is the only one who has the one something that all people need, salvation. Since it is through Jesus that we all came into being, it is also through Jesus that we all have eternal live.  And he was the piece that was thrown away!   Thank God that death was overturned. Now some of the most important pieces of that boxed furniture (you and me) will be held together forever.  Remember, `The stone that was rejected by the builders; it has become the cornerstone.’ Thank You Jesus.

Let us hear what the Spirit is saying through and to the people of the Creating Word and then let us “Ponder anew what the Almighty is doing.”  John Thomas Frazier Sr.

Readings for Thursday of Easter Week: 25 April 2019: Easter

Acts 3:11-26 Luke 24:36b-48Psalm 8 or Psalm 114 or Psalm 118:19-24

Acts

“And now, friends, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Messiah appointed for you, that is, Jesus, who must remain in heaven until the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through his holy prophets.”  (Acts 3:17-21)

My Pondering

I don’t think we expect a leader to be weak much less be one who suffers. Then, like today, we want someone to be in charge who is strong and flawless.  However, I have noticed and pondered about the fact that conquering nations often copy habits or traits of those they dispossessed. This seems to me counterintuitive.   For example; European colonist displaced Native Americans and picked up smoking as a pastime.  The Romans dispossessed the Hebrew people from their native land only for Rome to become the seat of Judeo-Christian Church of the world. Often a dominant group will adapt the habits or customs of a minority group, even one they defeated.  Peter recalls from the prophets that the Messiah would suffer.  This is not what they expected.  It is not what we expect of leaders today.

Yet this is the path to universal restoration.  Peter says that universal restoration is when Jesus will return to us.  I ponder that this means all people; all families, are reconciled back to God.  Currently, there are many families that are not.  So we’ve got work to do.  I’m at a loss as to how to proceed.  Perhaps I’m still in ignorance as Peter says about his friends and their leaders.  I guess the best that I can do is to keep on pondering, praying, and preparing to be a suffering leader. Ouch!

It is said that it is lonely at the top.  Does that also mean suffering at the top? Jesus, feeling alone, often went to a place by himself to pray.  Abraham was also a suffering leader and often afraid of what following God was going to cost him, even his son.  Many of the prophets also suffered because they followed God.  But Peter reminds us that “You [we] are the descendants of the prophets and of the covenant that God gave to your ancestors, saying to Abraham, “And in your descendants all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Acts 3:25)

All the families of the earth sounds like universal restoration to me.  This means everybody acknowledging God and God’s love working in us for all people.  I am pondering only a leader willing to suffer on behalf of the people can do this kind of work.  It’s hard to hear this message but necessary for our salvation. So, hear it we must, and hopefully our future leaders will be people who are willing to suffer, and hopefully, we will appreciate them.

Let us hear what the Spirit is saying through and to the people of the Creating Word and then let us “Ponder anew what the Almighty is doing.”  John Thomas Frazier Sr.

Eucharistic Readings for Wednesday of Easter Week; 24 April 2019 Easter

Acts 3:1-10  Luke 24:13-35 Psalm 105:1-8 or Psalm 118:19-24

Luke

“When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.  Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.” (Luke 24:30-31)

My Pondering

It seems the Resurrected Jesus did a lot of appearing and disappearing as he so chose.  This lesson on the road to Emmaus is just such an encounter.  Jesus retells scripture to them from Moses to their present which would include the kings and prophets, how God’s love and presence was always with humanity and how God came to them as Jesus.  God took humanity, blessed humanity, sent humanity in their various directions starting with twelve tribes.  This is the way God loves us.  God loves us, takes us, blesses us, divides us in good ways and sends us off to do good works. Anything less is not Godly.

It is when Jesus joined the two of them at their table and conducted the Holy Communion that they realized who he was.  At that point, he was no longer seen – magically, as he chose.

This four-fold consecration of the elements has been handed down to us from Jesus himself.  It is God’s format.  God takes creation and blesses it – says it is good.   Then God divides the spaces of where various created creatures are to live, some in the waters, some in the trees some on the open plain, some in the mountains, and so on, and gives to each their own.  However, humanity has the option of living in any climb and place where we can take love.  Humanity has the intellect to manipulate conditions to suit the necessary living conditions required.  So we, humanity, are taken, blessed, divided and sent to all parts of the earth to remember and proclaim the Creating Word. 

Church is the same way.  We gather, we are taken, we are blessed, and at the dismissal, we are sent out into the world, the divided world, to do church service, that is, model the love of God in all its divided places. 

 Jesus, like the angels throughout the Bible, does not arrive, but rather, appears.  This means the angels, and perhaps Jesus, are already with us, but prevents us from seeing them.  Jesus did not let them know who he was until he was ready.  As shown in this chapter of Luke, “While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them,  but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.” (Luke 24:15-16)

We have very limited perceptibility.  We see what the Holy One wants us to see, when the Holy One wants us to see it.  We, like the two on the road to Emmaus, are to see the sacred in the breaking of the bread.  It is then that our hearts also will burn with desire.  We repeat this “taking of the bread, blessings it, breaking it and giving it,” every Sunday in our Church.  It is what Jesus did and what Jesus said for us to do. With this act we see Jesus with us.  Thank You Jesus.

Let us hear what the Spirit is saying through and to the people of the Creating Word and then let us “Ponder anew what the Almighty is doing.”  John Thomas Frazier Sr.

Eucharistic Readings for Tuesday in Easter Week 23 April 2019 Easter

Acts 2:36-41 John 20:11-18 Psalm 33:18-22 or Psalm 118:19-24

Acts

“Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.”   Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers,^[i] what should we do?”  Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 2:36 – 38)

My Pondering

It really hurts to learn you have been a part of something that was bad.  When I visited Christ Episcopal Church, downtown Philadelphia I got into a conversation with a historian there about the heroes of the Civil War.  The question he put forth to me was how does the ancestors of Confederate soldiers honor the bravery and courage of their great, great grandparents and at the same time disapprove of what they were fighting for?  In the same vein I have a friend who is a priest and who has an old sword of his father tied to a form of White supremacy that he is ashamed of.  I told him that that was a different time. He told me “that’s not a good enough answer.”

I myself have bought products made with slave labor.  I am sorry for participating in such shameful acts.  I have pretended not to see abuses of people different than myself. I have seen what I believed to have been evidence of domestic violence and not reported it. I continue to crucify Jesus.  I too am cut to the heart.  What should if do Peter, I have already been baptized?

I believe the waters of baptism never stop flowing.  While I believe in one baptism, I did engage in a ceremonial baptism in the Jordan River while on pilgrimage in Israel. Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan. A river is a “moving” body of water.  The Jordan River takes the sins of the baptized down river to the Dead Sea!  That’s something to ponder.

 The waters of baptism continue to move over us long after someone has initially started pouring the water over us, or submerging us in it.  This continual “Fount of Every Blessing”, this running water, like a regular shower, continues to rinse away our sins.  We, however, must keep regular visits to Holy Communion to keep that holy water moving.  This is why a little water is mingled into the wine at Communion.  It is a reminder that as Baptized Christians we vowed that we will continue in the apostles teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers. (BCP 304)

At Communion Jesus’ words ring out, “This is my blood of the New Covenant that is shed for you, and others, for the forgiveness of sins…”  Thank You Jesus!

Let us hear what the Spirit is saying through and to the people of the Creating Word and then let us “Ponder anew what the Almighty is doing.”  John Thomas Frazier Sr.

Eucharistic Readings for Monday in Easter Week 22 April 2019 EasterActs 2:14,22b-32Matthew 28:9-15Psalm 16:8-11 or Psalm 118:19-24

Matthew

“Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”  (Matthew 28:10)

My Pondering

I have been to the Holy Land.  There is a difference between Galilee and Judea.  There is a difference in the land and climate.  In the North, in Galilee, there is rain and there are fields with crops and live stock. This is where Lake Galilee is (also called Sea of Galilee).  This is where the Jordan River is (where Jesus was baptized).  It is a blessed place with or without people.

Judea to the south is arid.  Judea is desert.  It is where the Dead Sea is.  Jerusalem is in Judea. Jerusalem is 2,474 feet above sea level and in its natural state it is a very dry heap of sand. How it got to be a Holy City is probably affixed to David, Solomon and the subsequent Temples built there and the longing of the Hebrew people to be there.

But as I listen to Jesus’ story and his words it occurs to me that it is not so much Jerusalem of Judea that he focuses on for good works and teaching but Galilee and its towns and villages.  Of Jerusalem Jesus says, “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!” (Matthew 23:37) So something about Judea and Jerusalem in the south is not so blessed to me as I ponder these things, with or without people.

I prayed for God to give me an unbiased mind as I was preparing to travel to the Holy Land.  I think God did. Putting aside all I had read and heard about Jerusalem and Judea I witnessed firsthand the nature of Israel, upper and lower Israel. I took the picture of the Galilean countryside from a boat in the middle of Lake Galilee that is posted at the top of all my blogs.

It was in the region of Galilee that Jesus turned water into wine (Cana), He walked on water (sea of Galilee), preached the sermon on the mount (Mount Tabor), raised the widow’s son (Nain), healed Peter’s mother-in –law (Capernaum), fed the 5000, and much, much more.  So, it is not surprising to me that the Resurrected Jesus tells the women to tell his followers to meet him in Galilee.  I just wish I knew where in Galilee.

I think sometimes it is a good thing to meditate and ponder on what Scripture says, and what it does not say.  We, as Christians, focus on Jesus, what he does and what he says for us to do.  Jesus was conceived and later raised in Nazareth of Galilee.  And while he was born in Bethlehem and taken to Nazareth by way of Egypt as a baby and a child, of his own accord he went to Capernaum of Galilee and walked along the shore inviting his followers to follow him.  I highly recommend Christian pilgrims desiring a trip to the Holy Land to pay much more attention to Galilee as they plan. Remember, the Resurrected Jesus, the “Easter” Jesus actually invites us to go to Galilee. “Then Jesus said to them [us], “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers [and sisters] to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”  (Matthew 28:10)

Let us hear what the Spirit is saying through and to the people of the Creating Word and then let us “Ponder anew what the Almighty is doing.”  John Thomas Frazier Sr.

Eucharistic Readings for Easter Sunday 21 April 2019

Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 65:17-25 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 or Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24

John

“Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”  Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her.” (John 20:17-18)

My Pondering

Mary runs twice.  First she sees that the body of Jesus is missing and runs and tells Simon Peter (and we think John) that the body of Jesus is missing.  After they have their “verification run”, Mary sees and talks with Jesus and then is sent by Jesus to announce the Resurrection!

Mary owes everything she knows about herself to Jesus.  She was possessed by many demons from which Jesus released her.  Jesus was her life-line.  So when Jesus called her by her name, “Mary” it was like the impossible happening! She got her life back.

Mary is sent by Jesus to give the Resurrection sermon; I have seen the Lord! She gives the information that Jesus has risen from the dead!

Jesus coming back from the dead might be shocking.  But I think what is more divine about Jesus is that he rose from the dead, and is able to let us know he rose from the dead.  I wonder how many rose from the dead but are not able to share with us the reward of faithful living.

God has made covenant with humanity for the whole existence of humanity.  And we always find a way to break it. We broke it with Noah. We broke it with Abraham. We broke it with Moses. Now God comes to us as one of us to show us how to keep covenant. This time in order to break covenant we have to kill God Incarnate, and we do.  But God says “NO.”  This time God un-breaks the broken.  God in Christ Jesus, as a human and as God, sustains covenant with God by defeating death, thus maintaining covenant with God.

Jesus tells Mary to go and tell “us” that he has gone back to his Father and our Father, to his God and our God. This is so reminiscent of Ruth 1:16-17 where Ruth refuses to leave Naomi but says, “   Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die— there will I be buried.”

I can see Mary running with more excitement than she can bear with the Good News of the Resurrection! But will Simon Peter and John and the others and us, will we listen to Mary Magdalene’s sermon and rejoice? Or do we too need to run some kind of verification race? We need to hear her words and believe her and get our lives back also. Alleluia! Christ is Risen!

Let us hear what the Spirit is saying through and to the people of the Creating Word and then let us “Ponder anew what the Almighty is doing.”  John Thomas Frazier Sr.