Our Pastor
MINISTERS CORNER
Fall 2008
It has been rough the last couple of weeks to get up each
morning and turn on the news. What more can happen to the
financial markets? Will the stock market tumble even more or
just be wildly volatile? Will the international credit crunch
ease never mind any personal crunch we might be
experiencing? Will the pension plan or 401K be there when
needed? With even the experts confused and in disarray and
our ability to foretell the future somewhat limited,
no concrete answers seem to be available.
So what do we do? First of all, we need to take a collective deep
breath. Then we have to ask ourselves --- what really matters
in our life? Of course financial health and well being are vital
to our families and the stability of our nation’s economy. But
what in our interpersonal lives have we truly lost? Yes, we may
have lost the ability to command as many goods and services
as might have liked. But we have not lost being in relationship
with God and with one another.
That is what really matters ---love.
The commandment to love is the basis of all the world’s major
religions. We try to represent that love in the church through
our community life together. We try to do it by following the
greatest commandment as taught to us by Jesus of Nazareth;
“Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your
soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” The
second is this, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” We
try to do it by feeding the homeless at Sunrise Village in
Fremont in the end of October. We try to do it by supporting
our Adopt-A-Family program during Advent which provides a
Christmas blessing for our neighbors among us so that they
may have a brighter holiday season. We do it by opening our
doors each and every Sunday inviting and welcoming all as we
seek to be in meaningful relationship with God and neighbor.
More than ever before, we may need each other this season.
Life may never be exactly the same after this particular
economic crisis. But with the love of friends and family
surrounding us, and the love of God sustaining us, we will see
our way through. And for that --- thanks be to God.
Faithfully, Mary
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Fall 2008
It has been rough the last couple of weeks to get up each
morning and turn on the news. What more can happen to the
financial markets? Will the stock market tumble even more or
just be wildly volatile? Will the international credit crunch
ease never mind any personal crunch we might be
experiencing? Will the pension plan or 401K be there when
needed? With even the experts confused and in disarray and
our ability to foretell the future somewhat limited,
no concrete answers seem to be available.
So what do we do? First of all, we need to take a collective deep
breath. Then we have to ask ourselves --- what really matters
in our life? Of course financial health and well being are vital
to our families and the stability of our nation’s economy. But
what in our interpersonal lives have we truly lost? Yes, we may
have lost the ability to command as many goods and services
as might have liked. But we have not lost being in relationship
with God and with one another.
That is what really matters ---love.
The commandment to love is the basis of all the world’s major
religions. We try to represent that love in the church through
our community life together. We try to do it by following the
greatest commandment as taught to us by Jesus of Nazareth;
“Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your
soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” The
second is this, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” We
try to do it by feeding the homeless at Sunrise Village in
Fremont in the end of October. We try to do it by supporting
our Adopt-A-Family program during Advent which provides a
Christmas blessing for our neighbors among us so that they
may have a brighter holiday season. We do it by opening our
doors each and every Sunday inviting and welcoming all as we
seek to be in meaningful relationship with God and neighbor.
More than ever before, we may need each other this season.
Life may never be exactly the same after this particular
economic crisis. But with the love of friends and family
surrounding us, and the love of God sustaining us, we will see
our way through. And for that --- thanks be to God.
Faithfully, Mary
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If anyone would like to reach me for any reason, feel
free to get in touch with me in whatever manner is
most convenient. Feel free to leave an email:
pastor@littlebrownchurchofsunol.org
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