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Meditation on Luke 13: 31-35 Second Sunday in Lent Pastor Karen Crawford March 13, 2022 Link to a recording of our live-streamed service: https://www.facebook.com/100000229089156/videos/514925946927120/    I almost didn’t have a message to share with you this morning. Almost. You see, I met a little boy named Graham at the reception following the celebration of lifeContinue reading “As a Hen Gathers Her Brood”

March 12, 2022 Pastor Karen Crawford The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH In Memory of Margaret Louise Mickelson April 3, 1927 – February 18, 2022     Bob and Louise met in Louise’s hometown of Cambridge, Ohio. Bob had come there from Albert Lea, MN, to work as a metallurgist. Louise was a telephone operator for AT&T.Continue reading “Meditation on John 14:1-6, 25-27”

Pastor Karen Crawford

Meditation on Luke 4:1-13 Pastor Karen Crawford, Coshocton, OH First Sunday in Lent: March 6, 2022 Link to recording of live-streamed worship service: https://fb.watch/bAMNWMdEP5/ Bulletin:       We had sad news on Friday. Jim and I learned that his older sister, Mary, had gone home to be with the Lord. She was 87. Her death wasContinue reading “The Wordless Place”

Meditation on Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21 Pastor Karen Crawford The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Link to livestreamed video of our Ash Wednesday service: https://youtu.be/_2qcnavvrss       After hearing our gospel lesson, you might wonder how Jesus would feel about our smudging our foreheads with ash on Ash Wednesday. Is it a publicContinue reading “Our Father Who Sees in Secret”

The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH Pastor Karen Crawford

Meditation on Luke 9:28–36 Pastor Karen Crawford The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH Feb. 27, 2022 Link to livestreamed service: https://fb.watch/brIzQy5AHY/ Bulletin:           Jim and I watched Chariots of Fire last night. The 1981 movie is based on an inspiring, true story of two athletes. One is a devout Christian named Eric Liddel, who runs forContinue reading “God’s Beloved on a Mountaintop”

 Meditation on Luke 6:17-26 The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH Pastor Karen Crawford Feb. 20, 2022 Click here for livestreamed service: https://fb.watch/bkQDKh90hs/    I had been invited to speak at a luncheon for retired pastors in our presbytery. This was Oct. 2019— during my first year in Coshocton. The gathering was at the First Presbyterian ChurchContinue reading “Blessed!”

Pastor Karen Crawford; Tina Johnson, newsletter editor Feb. 17, 2022

Meditation on Luke 5:1–11 The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH Pastor Karen Crawford Feb. 13, 2022 Link to a recording of the livestreamed service, with the message: https://fb.watch/b90lH9iqM2/ Bulletin:     I was sorry that we had to cancel worship last Sunday because of the ice. It was really dangerous! But honestly, wasn’t it a relief thatContinue reading “Put Out in the Deep Water“