
Lent where to Start?

Clergyperson on a journey.
Today is All Saints Day. The United Methodist Book of Worship explains All Saints as…
All Saints (November 1 or the first Sunday in November) is a day of remembrance for the saints, with the New Testament meaning of all Christian people of every time and place. We celebrate the communion of saints as we remember the dead, both of the Church universal and of our local congregations. For this reason, the names of persons in the congregation who have died during the past year may be solemnly read as a Response to the Word. ~from The United Methodist Book of Worship (413)
This year I remember my mother. Pamela Jeanne Bushyhead
Who graduated to Church eternal this past March. Preaching at her funeral has been the hardest but yet most life giving thing I have done. You can listen to the sermon
I miss her so much. She was a Saint, and she would have to be to put up with my father and us five kids. Today I pause not just to remember her but all the other Saints that have passed in the last year. So I pray this prayer that is in the Book of Worship today.
We bless your holy name, O God, for all your servants who, having finished their course,now rest from their labors. Give us grace to follow the example of their steadfastness and faithfulness, to your honor and glory; through Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. (ENGLAND, 20TH CENT., ALT.)
Peace
MF
This picture was from the last time I danced at the Sac and Fox Powwow. It will always hold a special place in my heart. It was taken in 2012. We did not dance in 2013 because Laura had just broken her arm and we were in no place to dance. In 2014 I was surviving the Typhoon Glinda and the GYPCLA event in the Philippines. In 2015 we did not dance because we had just lost my Grandfather the man to my left in the picture. This year we won’t dance because we lost my Mother.
Going to the Powwow will be rough. This is one of those events that is so special for me. Many memories have been made at the Powwow. We must carry on this tradition it is apart of who I am and I want the girls to have an opportunity to experience their culture.
Next year, I hope to be able to dance, I have the blessing of inheriting my grandfather’s regalia. I plan on using what I can of his and what I can of mine to honor him and my mother. Both of them made my regalia.
And the dance carries on….
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