Category: Benedictions
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Growing up in Eastern Pennsylvania and surrounded by a lot of my family’s Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, I nonetheless was only vaguely aware of the Luterhan, Mennonite, and German Reformed tradition of Harvest Home until I joined the United Church of Christ as an adult. Cultures have celebrated harvest liturgically for thousands of years. Pentecost itself…
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A benediction suitable for whenever Isaiah 55 appears in your gathering; also suited for meditations of death leading to new life and other times of transition. There are, of course, echoes of Psalm 23 as well, making this all the more fitting as a funeral benediction. Isaiah 55 Benediction Let us go out, now, in…