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COVID and Candles by Bob Griggs

December 7, 2020 By Bob Griggs

At my church, First UCC in Northfield, Minnesota, I watched the lighting of the first two Advent candles, symbolizing hope and peace, via our Zoom worship and will watch the lighting of the candles for the last two Sundays in Advent the same way. This is the reality of Advent in 2020, the Advent of […]

Filed Under: Church, clergy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Hope, Mental Health, Mental Health Network, Pandemic, self care, Stress, UCC, United Church of Christ

Perfect Storm

August 3, 2020 By Rev. Lisa LeSueur

It is late Sunday afternoon. The sky is still an angry gray with a gentle drizzle of rain, more of a mist really, still falling on the grass. There is a slight rumble of thunder in the distance, but hardly a leaf is moving in the stillness left behind by what turned out to be […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Mental Health Network, Pandemic, Stress, UCC, United Church of Christ

What’s been on your mind?

July 6, 2020 By Kirk Moore

Get up, God! Are you going to sleep all day?     Wake up! Don’t you care what happens to us? Why do you bury your face in the pillow?     Why pretend things are just fine with us? And here we are—flat on our faces in the dirt,     held down with a boot on our necks. Get up […]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Grief, Mental Health, Mental Health Network, racism, Stress, UCC, United Church of Christ

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