Pastor's Message, April 2018 / Pastorin terveiset, huhtikuu 2018
April showers bring May flowers… Blessed April to all of you! This April seems to be a very blessed month indeed! It begins with Easter! O sing to the Lord, sing God a new song, spring is time for renewal. As we witness God’s glory in its full brightness with the beautiful flowers, budding trees. In the Christian tradition a tree is more than building material or a source for heat. Tree tells about people’s life in front of God. Church is like a tree, we sing at our services time to time. Tree ever growing by living water, running eternal, flowing from God. (Hymn 949) How can we all embrace this beauty in our own lives together in Christ? Maybe by finding Christ in others and in their actions? Are we able to recognise Christ in our midst? What would keep us from recognising Christ in the people we meet? Maybe when we disagree with them? Or perhaps when we don’t take time to hear their stories? Or being simply just too busy to notice another ...