A Prayer of Gratitude for our Thumbs

Praying for Peace and Justice on April 19, 2026

To Properly Use One’s Thumbs – Ross Gay

For braiding hair or brushing hair or untangling the knots in a friend’s, a beloved’s hair; for holding a pencil or a crayon or pen with which to write love notes as poems or recipes or hand-drawn maps or hand-written letters in envelopes which if and when they arrive we open sometimes with our thumbs; see more

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A Sermon by Glen Yakushiji

The Third Sunday of Easter

A large, spreading tree with huge green leaves and a bench placed in its shade. Photograph by Keith Seat.

April 19, 2026

Scripture

On the Sunday after Good Friday two men who knew Jesus were walking to the village of Emmaus talking about the latest events. They had never seen a week like they had just been through: the last supper, a violent arrest in the garden, the political trial, the horrendous crucifixion, and just that morning, the final mystery: an empty tomb.

The followers of the Jesus were now frightened and confused. Jesus had entered Jerusalem to acclaim.  On Palm Sunday his presence brought the possibility of freedom to the occupied people, but a few days later that hope was gone.…

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