Rev. Debbie Clark

 He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, ‘I do choose. Be made clean!’ Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. –Matthew 8:3 May we use our hands in the service of healing, hope and love. Amen.

   And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,  not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching.–Hebrews 10:24-25, NIV   I’d like to tell you a story about building […]

I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand, which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write.–2 Thessalonians 3:17 In 2017 at some point I filled out a form asking about how I might volunteer for a climate organization I had followed for some time, 350 Massachusetts. I said […]

Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices–Psalm 16:9 Bless our hearts, O God–all of them. Amen. –Photo by Art Norton

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 […]