On Laughter
September 8, 2019 — Rev. Paula Norbert For many years, I enjoyed the Prairie Home Companion whenever I could listen to it on Saturday evenings. You may recall that he had a segment that always started out, “It’s been a quiet week in Lake Woebegone…” and then Garrison Keillor would weave together a story with […]
Who Will Share Our Table?
September 1, 2019 — Rev. Paula Norbert Focus Scripture: Luke 14:1, 7-14 True hospitality is welcoming the stranger on her own terms. This kind of hospitality can only be offered by those who’ve found the center of their lives in their own hearts. —Henri Nouwen On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house […]
The Consolation of Animals
August 18, 2019 — Rev. Paula Norbert The great romantic poet, William Wordsworth, once wrote, The World is too much with us, late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away.” Wordsworth often wrote about the relationship between the […]
The Music of Our Souls
August 11, 2019 — Rev. Paula Norbert Throughout Scripture, we hear words of praise to God, praise for singing and music, a gratitude for the ways in which music is heard throughout nature and through our Psalms. We all know that music touches something within us that is very profound, something beyond words, a deep, deep […]
Meditations on Peace
August 4, 2019 — Rev. Paula Norbert In Paul’s lovely letter to the Colossians, we hear these inspiring words, “Clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” Earlier this summer, we commemorated the 75th anniversary of the DDay invasion on June the 6th, 1944, which is considered the beginning of the end […]
I Will Follow You
July 28, 2019 — Rev. Paula Norbert 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14, Luke 9:51-57 As they were going along the road to Jerusalem, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Over time, these humble followers of Jesus had come to respect and love their teacher, their Rabbi; they had been inspired by […]
The Good Samaritan
July 14, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert Summer is a wonderful time for reading whether on the beach or while on the porch in the evening with a cool breeze blowing through; it’s a great time for stories to be told and shared within families and among friends during our vacations or simply when […]
A More Perfect Union
June 30, 2019 — Rev. Paula Norbert Micah 6:8 God has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? 1 Timothy 2:1-4 1. Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, […]
The Blessings of Summer
June 23, 2016 — Rev. Paula Norbert Just a few days ago on the Summer Solstice, people around the earth celebrated the day when the hours of light are longest. We know that sunshine brings warm, helps crops and flowers to grow, and allows us to feel the warmth from the sun in a […]
The Power of One
June 2, 2016 — Rev. Paula Norbert John 17:20-26 “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with […]