Author Archives: Peace Lutheran Church Wayland Massachusetts

Today the church commemorates Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor who was executed by the Nazis because he was caught in a plot to kill Hitler. One of my teachers, Paul Holmer, used to speculate about what Bonhoeffer might have meant … Continue reading →

We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree;. Acts 10:39 We’ve come to the holy day of the church year. Christmas–wrapped around the incarnation … Continue reading →

                       Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.  Philippians 2: 8 Palm Sunday is a march of many meanings. Jesus … Continue reading →

This week in Sunday school, our children will explore Holy Week through the readings of Mark 11:1-11; 15:1-39.  One week from Sunday we celebrate Easter.  However, between now and then, several important events are marked by the Christian church.  Without … Continue reading →

…unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.  John 12:24 We’ve almost reached the end of our Lenten pilgrimage. Holy Week, our destination, is … Continue reading →

 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world… John 3:19 When the church is doing its work in the world it deals in healing therapies and substances. The liturgies, the word spoken and heard, the water … Continue reading →

Expulsion of the Money Changers  Giotto, Florence, 1266-1337 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle.  John 2:15 What makes you angry?  In the Gospel for Sunday Jesus is … Continue reading →

 Perpetua and Felicity  March 7 Today as we hear the latest ragings of the human heart–wars and preparations for war, unchecked greed, sophisticated tribalism, inflamed ideology, misery, poverty and religion carrying people off into rampages of violence and public displays of barbarism–we commemorate African martyrs, Perpetua and … Continue reading →

  Seth Spawn is an arctic ecologist at the Woods Hole Research Center whose research explores how arctic ecosystems respond to and amplify the effects of climate change through the “permafrost-carbon feedback”. Permafrost – permanently frozen soil – stores vast … Continue reading →