Happy Eastertide!!
We started off our Easter season with a rousing zoom coffee hour with some joyful song last week after worship. It was such a gift to see all of your faces, to see the festive outfits and hats, and to…
Water in the Wilderness Blog (On Hiatus During Staff Transition)
A Holy Saturday Activity
Looking for something to do on this Holy Saturday, this time of in-between? Enjoy making an Easter Lily out of paper, a resource offered by our own member Joanne Paul! Look at this article from The Spruce Crafts: How to…
A Palm Sunday from the Past
A Message from Lindsay Miller: For all of us who experienced Palm Sunday online this year, here is a short video of the Palm Sunday procession at First Church in Cambridge on a bright, sunny morning in 2017. It was…
Grief and Lament: When we feel like lamenting isn’t the adult thing to do
There’s always that moment when you get life-altering information after you have gone through the denial, the shock, the anxiety and fear about the unknown, when your heart just breaks because of what you do know. You know that the…
A Healthcare Worker’s Blessing in the Time of COVID-19
Living into Jesus’ command to us to love one another as he loved us this Maundy Thursday, we pray this blessing on all the healthcare workers in our community, their families, and healthcare workers everywhere. Blessed be your hands. Blessed…
An Evening Prayer and Meditation in Paint
Anima Christi (St. Ignatius of Loyola) Soul of Christ, sanctify me Body of Christ, save me Water from the side of Christ, wash me Passion of Christ, strengthen me Good Jesus, hear me Within the wounds, shelter me from turning away,…
Tuesday Holy Week Prayer
We will be posting every day during Holy Week with a prayer or reflection. Today, let us pray: “MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot…
Preparing the Way for Jesus in Our Homes
The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” (Matthew 21:9) Palm Sunday marks…
What I Am Trying To Give Up For Lent
A reflection on her Lenten practice by Hilary Hopkins, a member of First Church. So last year, in Lent, Carlyle hosted a small group that was focused on the practice of self-denial during Lent. I was hesitant about joining this…
A Blessing for the Start of the Week
Blessed are the elderly, and the immunosuppressed Blessed are the fearful, the anxious and irritable Blessed are the ones who use humor to get by, the ones who could use a vacation anyway, the ones who fear for their life…