by Carol Penner www.leadinginworship.com Cast Members:Director 1 [carrying a stop watch]Director 2 [carrying a movie clapper board that they can snap]Tiny Tim [wearing a hat]Joseph
Thank you, God, for the changes that fall brings:the sun sleeping in a bit longer each morning,the cooler temperatures, the quiet dark evenings.As peaches disappear
Loving God, we give thanks today for mothers! Thank you for mothers who gave birth to us, and women who have treated us as their
It has been a strange epiphany this year, God. We’ve had sudden insight into how fragile democracy can be. Many of us are disturbed and
Our prayer this Christmas is beyond words.You find it in the silence of the sleeping forest,down under the ice.You find it with the wind sweeping
It’s the eve of another celebration of Jesus’ birth– but this year is different than any other. It’s hard to cast our thoughts to Bethlehem
Thank you, God, for thick, warm socks on crisp winter days.Thank you for the smell of pine needles,for the taste of a juicy orange,for packages
Zooming to Bethlehem: A Virtual Christmas Pageant based on Luke 2:1-14, Matthew 2:1-12 by Carol Penner www.leadinginworship.com 2020 Characters: Announcer Innkeeper (in this version
God, in this hard year, we’re stumbling towards Thanksgiving.There has been lots to trip us up;a pandemic, economic meltdowns, social isolation,injustice on so many fronts:
I am a Mennonite pastor currently teaching theology at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario. I’ve served congregations in Ontario and most recently, Alberta.
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