All Blog Posts
Beloved Community,
Celebrating Freedom & Striving for Liberty and Justice for All
June 25th, 2026
This Sunday, June 28, we invite you to join us for a special *potluck* brunch in Kelly Auditorium at 9:45 as we gather around the table to celebrate community, ...
Beloved Community,
Widening the Aperture
June 18th, 2026
Dear Beloved Community, Last month, my wonderful leadership coach used the phrase “widening the aperture” to guide my response to a situation we were discus...
Beloved Community,
Celebrating Pride, Living Our Faith
June 11th, 2026
Throughout the Gospels, we find Jesus consistently widening the circle. He welcomed those who had been excluded, shared meals with those others avoided, and rem...
Beloved Community,
Summer Reading List 2026
June 4th, 2026
Dear Beloved Community, It has become a bit of an annual tradition of mine to greet the summer with a post to you recounting some books I’ve read and love. Pe...
Beloved Community,
What do we do now?
May 28th, 2026
What do we do now? Perhaps that was a question of the first disciples as they left the upper room on that first Pentecost Sunday. They had witnessed...
Beloved Community,
Wherever the Journey May Lead
May 19th, 2026
On my day off last week, I hiked the Grindstone Trail at Pilot Mountain State Park, one of my favorite trails nearby. The trail is physically challenging, but t...