What The Heart Of The Young Man Said To The Psalmist. Tell me not, in mournful numbers,     Life is but an empty dream!  For the soul is dead that slumbers,     And things are not what they seem.  Life is real! Life is earnest!     And the grave is not its goal;  Dust thou art, to dust…

“At the center of the Universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything that we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, that is our job. Those of us who have this particular vision must…

1   I love the LORD, because he has heard            my voice and my supplications.  2   Because he inclined his ear to me,            therefore I will call on him as long as I live.  3   The snares of death encompassed me;            the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;            I suffered distress and anguish.  4   Then I called on the…

Gospel Reading Mark 14:12-26 12On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 13So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go into the city, and a man…

“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”

1   Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,            which cannot be moved, but abides forever.  2   As the mountains surround Jerusalem,            so the LORD surrounds his people,            from this time on and forevermore.  3   For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest            on the land allotted to the righteous,       so that the righteous might not…

Gospel Reading Mark 14:1-11 1It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; 2for they said, “Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.” 3While he was at…

“When I say it’s you I like, I’m talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that…