Good Friday Prayer of the Day/Collect

Holy One of heaven and earth: On this most solemn of days in the church year, we confess that we, along with all of humankind, crucified, and continue to crucify Jesus your Son with our betrayals, denials, hostile rejections, hatreds, countless isms that divide us from one another and cause brokenness in our relationships with others, pride, arrogance, self-righteousness, destructive self-indulgences, indifference to the suffering and injustices of the poor, marginalized and oppressed, and a host of other sins. Have mercy on us, forgive us, and lead us in the way of the cross, that we may be ever grateful for the eternal love of Jesus our Suffering Servant-Saviour and Messiah; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. 

Weekend in Black & White - February 9, 2024

 

        

                                              St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Nassau, Bahamas

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Wordless Wednesday - January 3, 2024

 

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Prayer of the Day/Collect for Christmas Eve/Day

 

Jesus our light: There is so much darkness in the world, and even in our own hearts and lives. Political, economic, social, mental, physical and spiritual darknesses have way too much power and influence in the world. How we long for your coming in the church, the world and within each one of us to fill us with your light which is eternal and has the power to transform all things, all situations, all people. All praise and thanks to you Jesus, light of the world; may your light fill us and the whole universe with joy, hope, peace, and love, as we celebrate your birth today. In your holy name, we pray. Amen.

Thought-provoking Quotes

 

"When piety becomes fanaticism, then faith becomes arrogance, and goodness inevitably becomes cruelty."

"Modern technology, for instance, cannot free us to serve what we count the good. In a strange way modern civilization far from solving our difficulties, seems rather to eternalize them. We are better cared for, but we have more cares." 

-Both quotes are from: "Burdened With Erudition and Paralyzed With Indecision--A sermon on Paralytics," preached by the Rev. Dr. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., on March 2, 1967, at the Duke Divinity School Chapel. 

The Weekend in Black & White - October 6, 2023

 

                               Autumn landscape

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Short Short Story: September 27, 2023

“Love your enemies?! You must be crazy," said the corrupt President.

The tortured, imprisoned woman replied, “I do love you, even though you are a billionaire by stealing countless properties of the poor; taxing the working poor to death and abolishing all taxes for the rich; and extending the death sentence to all religious organizations, environmentalists, and non-violent human rights advocates.”