Lent is over. For Christians, the saddest and most challenging time before Easter is Good Friday. In the western church, Good Friday this year is on March 25th. In the Eastern Orthodox church, the day is called “Great Friday,” and it will occur on April 29th. Today is Good Friday, the day that Jesus Christ […]

It’s laundry day, and you’ve washed your sheets. You want to fold them and put them away but — oh! — those darned fitted sheets! Do you ever find that you are wadding them up in a ball and tossing them in the closet? Out of sight, out of mind? When you need them, you

Do we ever have enough? Our needs… are they ever fulfilled? And, if they are, are we even aware of it? This past week, the Rev. Carla Klein of Island Presbyterian Church explored the fear that God will not provide us what we need in her reflection. For me, I have completed another week in

Note: During Lent, people from Saint Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church and Saint Timothy Lutheran Church has been visiting other houses of worship. We have been learning about other people’s faiths and traditions. It has been a good experience. When you experience other faiths, you can understand that there are many ways of spirituality

Note: The fifth and last Lenten luncheon was held on Wednesday, March 16th. The speaker was the Rev. Carla Kline, pastor of Island Presbyterian Church. She offered a reflection on the fear that God would not provide us with what we need. At the Lenten luncheon, I sat at a big round table with just one

Introduction:  Gretchen Murray Sepik is a performer, artist, and writer who goes to schools, libraries, festivals, and other venues. She brings people from history, as well as some fictitious characters, to life. On Friday, March 11th, she shared the story of Mary Jemison with the fourth graders at Huth Road Elementary School. By becoming Mary

Change is an integral part of life. For the most part, it is good. It is good to experience new things and new places and to meet new people. I’ve traveled overseas a few times and it has been really a positive experience to live in a different culture than my own. It helps me

This week in photographs: Here is my update of my 366-day photography project. Winter is slowly making way for spring. Things are stirring. Green, lovely, baby things. They are tiny and delicate but strong at the same time. They have grown through snow, ice, and cold temperatures. The crocuses and the snowdrops are already blooming. Life

Note:  This year, Grand Island celebrated the World Day of Prayer at Island Presbyterian Church on Friday, March 4th.The World Day of Prayer had its roots in the nineteenth century, when women from Canada and the United States got together to support women participating in missions, both at home and overseas, and to pray. The

Note: On Wednesday, March 2nd, I traveled to Niagara Falls, New York, with a group from Saint Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church and Saint Timothy Lutheran Church to visit Temple Beth El. Since the closing of Temple Beth Israel in 1995, Temple Beth El has been Niagara County’s only Jewish congregation. Ellen Franke serves