calvarious

CALVARIUS (Latin): 1. a hard-headed skull, covering a searching mind, 2. an obscure hill outside the gates, 3. a holy place where suffering is transformed to generate hope and wholeness. Calvary UMC is the first reconciling church of the carolinas, full of various saints and sinners. Here are the tender-hearted and hard-headed, stubbornly seeking grace, growth, and goodness -- just outside the gates of Bible-belt religion, graced and grateful, helping God to mend the world.

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Location: Durham, North Carolina

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Christmas Shards Give Easter Glory


A recent Christmas morning we entered the sanctuary to find cold breezes stirring and bricks and rocks strewn across the floor. Everywhere were shards of broken glass. The enormous stained glass window that fronted the entire building had been busted full of holes.

What we learned: Out of brokenness, God creates beauty. From the bits and pieces of a damaged life, God arranges a colorful new reality. Through fragments, the light still shines.

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