The Messenger – May 2015
PJ’s Page – Finally! There is hard, scientific evidence that attending worship in a faith community is actually good for your health! Researcher and author Dan Buettner is reporting that attending worship services in your church community four times a month can add up to 14 additional years in your life. If this is true, I will live forever. I am the daughter of…
The Messenger – April 2015
PJ’s Page – There is a greeting common to southern Germany and Austria which I first learned on a visit to Garmish, Germany in 2013. The saying is “Gruss Gott” and it means, “May God greet you.” It is spoken most often as a greeting, although in former centuries was also a word spoken at parting. As Bruce and I wandered in and around this lovely town in southern…
The Messenger – March 2015
PJ’s Page- I am writing this newsletter article on the literal eve of Lent. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the day we make and mark our dusty beginning into this penitential season. Many folks observe this season by giving something up as a spiritual discipline. They give up chocolate or soda or caffeine as a model of sacrifice. You have heard me say before that giving up…