Lenten Devotional 2025

Going Forth  For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become enslaved to one another. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:13-14 Communities can take many different forms, but are […]

‘   Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.–Matthew 10 On Monday, March 31, we are hosting a community dinner in honor of Transgender Visibility Day. In a time when our transgender siblings are facing loss of rights, acts of hatred, and efforts to make them invisible, this […]

You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. –Deuteronomy 10:19 When Edwards Church first learned of the arrival of many new Framingham residents in the summer of 2023 they jumped in and tried to do what they could to help them feel welcome. We provided meals, a space […]

“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want”–Psalm 23:1 I have been blessed to be part of this Beloved Community at Edwards Church for many, many years.  In the 1980s and 1990s I lived in Framingham and was an active member of this church.  I served on several committees and boards and felt very embraced and […]

  How long, O God? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I bear pain[ in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all day long? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O God! Give light to my eyes, […]

“And now, God, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness….”–Acts 4:29 Altar scape for Sunday, March 16th. Notice how the bold red hearts float on the “deep and wide” waters of God’s love,  buoyed by the depth and breadth of  Beloved Community. Buoy us up with your love, […]