Spirit Soundings
Spirit Soundings is the Blog of our Executive Presbyter, Rev. Ruth Santana-Grace
Celebration Amidst Human Complexity by Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace
The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord – the King of Israel!” (John 12:12-13) Palm Sunday […]
Our Lenten Pilgrimage – A Time to Return by Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace
Yet even now, says the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the LORD, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. Joel 2:12-13 I have fond […]
Our Ancient Call – Counter-Cultural Faithfulness in Christ by Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace
“The LORD 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?” (Micah 6:8) Do justice. Love kindness. Walk humbly with our God. These words echo through the centuries and remind the children of […]
An Ancient Challenge – On Choosing “Another Road” by Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace
“On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road.” […]
Encountering God – Renewing Our Souls for the Challenge
There the angel of the Lord appeared to him (Moses) in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. Then Moses said, ‘I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not burned up.’ When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called […]
