by admin on October 12, 2011
By Ileana A.
On Monday morning, we had our Methodist chapel service. Though the alarm clock from earlier that morning was still ringing in my ears, a new hymn, “This Is a Day of New Beginnings,” rang louder. Exhausted and wanting more sleep, this second to last song caught my attention.
This is a day of new beginnings,
time to remember and move on,
time to believe what love is bringing,
laying to rest the pain that’s gone.
For by the life and death of Jesus,
love’s mighty Spirit, now as then,
can make for us a world of difference,
as faith and hope are born again.
Then let us, with the Spirit’s daring,
step from the past and leave behind
our disappointment, guilt, and grieving,
seeking new paths, and sure to find.
Christ is alive, and goes before us
to show and share what love can do.
This is a day of new beginnings;
our God is making all things new.
-Brian Wren, 1978
The first and third verses are my favorite. Last week I was having a hard time dealing with things that have already happened and that I do not have the power to change. Somehow, God must have known that I needed a reminder: One day at a time. Every day is an opportunity to try again. And if today didn’t go as well as I had hoped it would, there is always tomorrow. So far this week, whenever I begin to try to control things again, I remember this hymn, let go, and move on.
by admin on April 21, 2011
By Yana K.
Mondays are known to have a bad rap. It’s no surprise—the much looked forward to weekend has ended, and it’s back to school, or back to work, or back to whatever it is we do. Methodist Pastor Roxy Moses makes Mondays (especially Monday mornings) easier for the students at The Family Foundation School.
She makes it a point to get everyone involved in the service. Being chosen to stand up in front of the whole school and perform some type of act always manages to wake everyone up. This week, Pastor Roxy Moses asked for three volunteers who know anything about baseball to stand up. Two of them acted out a baseball game while the other judged how well the ball (invisible, of course) was pitched or batted. Finally, on the third try, the batter hit the “ball” and Roxy Moses called a home run!
After the volunteers sat down, Roxy Moses showed us how baseball is symbolic of our relationship with God. Sometimes, “balls” come flying at us in life when we’re not ready. We didn’t see the situation coming, and didn’t prepare for it. However, if we have blind faith that God will lead us, we can hit any ball that comes our way. Occasionally, it might seem as if we missed a pitch. That’s only because we didn’t take care of the situation the way we would have liked to.
Lucky for us, God sees and knows everything, and we do not. What seems to us a missed ball is not in God’s sight.
