Pancakes. Why Pancakes? It’s Fat Tuesday! In Christian history, Fat Tuesday has been celebrated because, at one time, meats, eggs, milk, and fats (sweets) were given up for the six-week season before Easter Sunday. That season is called Lent. This year, Lent begins on...
Throughout the Lenten season Micah’s collaboration of churches will join for ecumenical worship at noon on Wednesdays. A special gathering will take place on Good Friday and Easter morning as indicated below. February 21 @12pm St. Mary Catholic Church Rev. Larry...
Joy did not even begin to describe the feelings I had the day an old friend walked back into Micah. Many years ago, she had spent close to a decade on the street believing her family had been taken away from her. She was a college graduate. She had been a substitute...
My friend Carey says that loving our neighbor is not so different than a Sunday morning worship experience. “Where else can all of God’s children show up, be fed and, as a result, be transformed?” she asks. “We don’t care what kind of car they drive, if there is money...
Sam, a little boy in my class, lived in a challenging environment. Speaking with his mom made it seem that he lived a typical life, but as I listened, I sat on a ratty old mattress that served as the “sofa.” There was little other furniture visible from...
