I earlier shared a reading from Glen Mitchell and, in the passing of John Prine, will do so again. Prine has been
a resilient voice for peace and truth. You can find any number of his songs onYouTube. Let his lyrics be a balm
for you soul as the week goes on. Let your heart and mind stay open as the Spirit addresses us in the midst of this pandemic. Blessings!
Pastor Steve
Prayers for John Prine
I learned early yesterday that singer/songwriter John Prine was hospitalized with COVID-19. I’ve been fed by his songs for 46 years and it was easy to pray for him through the day, the house shaking with the life that his lyrics embody. John Prine’s songs create a home for sadness even as they reach for the depth of what it means to be human. His sense of irony finally rests in a bedrock of hope, allowing him to address the toughest topics with a truth that in the end inspires life and more than a little laughter.
His most recent album The Tree of Forgiveness, fearlessly takes death on and in the last cut he’s entering heaven:
When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand
Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand
Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band...
My prayers for John found their rest yesterday in these words from another song on that album entitled, “Boundless Love.” My prayer for him in these lyrics was not other than his prayer for all of us:
If by chance I should find myself at risk
Of falling from this jagged cliff
I look below and I look above
I'm surrounded by your boundless love
Surround me with your boundless love
Confound me with your boundless love
I was drowning in a sea, lost as I could be
When you found me with your boundless love
You dumbfound me with your boundless love
You surround me with your boundless love
Thank you, John.
Love and Peace, Glenn
a resilient voice for peace and truth. You can find any number of his songs onYouTube. Let his lyrics be a balm
for you soul as the week goes on. Let your heart and mind stay open as the Spirit addresses us in the midst of this pandemic. Blessings!
Pastor Steve
Prayers for John Prine
I learned early yesterday that singer/songwriter John Prine was hospitalized with COVID-19. I’ve been fed by his songs for 46 years and it was easy to pray for him through the day, the house shaking with the life that his lyrics embody. John Prine’s songs create a home for sadness even as they reach for the depth of what it means to be human. His sense of irony finally rests in a bedrock of hope, allowing him to address the toughest topics with a truth that in the end inspires life and more than a little laughter.
His most recent album The Tree of Forgiveness, fearlessly takes death on and in the last cut he’s entering heaven:
When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand
Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand
Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band...
My prayers for John found their rest yesterday in these words from another song on that album entitled, “Boundless Love.” My prayer for him in these lyrics was not other than his prayer for all of us:
If by chance I should find myself at risk
Of falling from this jagged cliff
I look below and I look above
I'm surrounded by your boundless love
Surround me with your boundless love
Confound me with your boundless love
I was drowning in a sea, lost as I could be
When you found me with your boundless love
You dumbfound me with your boundless love
You surround me with your boundless love
Thank you, John.
Love and Peace, Glenn
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PO Box 325 Berwick, PA 18603 Phone: (570) 759-9461 Worship: Sunday 10:15 a.m. |
Sunday School:
September - May during worship -Classes for 3 years old through middle Pastor: Steve Engelhardt Organist: Julie Hart Home of Girl Scout troop 32455 Camp Krislund |
Salt and Light Youth Group
open to students grades 5-12 events and meetings once per month 
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