March 3, 2021 This Pastor’s Corner is for the keiki of Church of the Holy Cross, and for everyone who is still young at heart. I’m still telling stories, friends. Before our Sunday School Zoom time formally began last Saturday, some of the families began connecting. It’s a wise thing to do with Zoom, since […]
March 3, 2021 in Pastor's Corner Reflections by holycrosshilo
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February 24, 2021 I can’t remember the last time that I found it helpful when someone urged me to “be patient.” I’m sure those who’ve heard it from me – kids, friends, cousins, worshipers – haven’t found those words all that helpful, either. Even if it was me that said them! Patience is a curiously […]
March 2, 2021 in Pastor's Corner Reflections by holycrosshilo
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February 17, 2021 This morning as I settled into my office – turned on the lights, started the computer, set the coffee to drip – a child in the classroom next door was crying bitterly. Sometimes life is hard. I don’t know what grief was pouring so tearfully from this child. It could have been […]
March 2, 2021 in Pastor's Corner Reflections by holycrosshilo
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Jesus entered the temple, saw the moneychangers and the cattle sellers, and started tossing tables around. He would probably do the same today… for what? Here’s a transcript: I’m thinking about the second chapter of John (John 2:13-22). It’s a familiar story, although its location in John’s Gospel may feel a little unfamiliar. Matthew, Mark, […]
March 1, 2021 in What I'm Thinking by holycrosshilo
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February 28, 2021 Psalm 22:23-31Mark 8:31-38 by Eric Anderson The fledglings were, well, fledged. Their wing feathers had grown in, and they’d taken their first flights. Parents and children and other parents and other children and grandmothers and grandfathers had begun to gather into the flocks of early summer. There were ‘alawi (or Hawai’i Creeper) […]
February 28, 2021 in Sermons by holycrosshilo
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Welcome to Church of the Holy Cross’s live streaming worship service for February 28, 2021. Feel free to follow the service text by scrolling down, or you may download and print the service in PDF format below. Online Worship, February 28, 2021Second Sunday in Lent Rev. Eric S. Anderson, Pastor WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD […]
February 25, 2021 in Worship by holycrosshilo
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Jesus told his listeners they would need to give up their lives to follow him. So why did they follow him? Here’s a transcript: I’m thinking about the eighth chapter of Mark’s Gospel (Mark 8:31-38). Curiously, our lectionary editors have omitted the conversation that actually opens this section of the book. In it, Jesus asked […]
February 22, 2021 in What I'm Thinking by holycrosshilo
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