Christmas Eve Worship: For Good News of Great Joy
Just the other day, I was checking out in the line at Target with what I was sure was the last Christmas present I’d need to buy (spoiler alert, it wasn’t!)...
Practicing Our Faith: Keeping Sabbath
I’ve told you before that throughout the 20th century, prognosticators of the future and experts in the field of labor increasingly predicted shorter workweek...
Practicing Our Faith: Saying Yes and Saying No
As Baptist pastor Kyle Childress tells the story: “I was ordained over 30 years ago by a small, rural Texas Baptist church who had called me as their new youn...
Practicing Our Faith: Household Economics
We continue in our exploration of Christian practices today, studying, as you remember, the “things Christian people do together over time in response to an...
Practicing Our Faith: Honoring the Body
As the story began, when all creation was poised on the precipice of beginning, there were some angels who grew bothered when they learned that God was planning...
Practicing Our Faith
Yesterday morning, Kelly Auditorium was a swarm of activity. Many of us gathered for Serve Together, a morning spent putting hands and feet to our commitments o...
Prepare Him Room When Plans Change
It was a few days before Christmas on a day like today, days that parents start running through all their tricks to keep young children occupied, when young Meg...
Service of Lessons and Carols
We are so grateful to all the wonderful folks who made our annual service of lessons and carols possible: our Sanctuary Choir, guest musicians, and the many han...
Prepare Him Room with Good Fruit
It’s likely you likely first spotted the two hills before noticing the regal tree nestled between them. Tucked deep into Hadrian’s Wall at the northern edge...
Prepare Him Room in Uncertainty
Are we there yet? Is it time? Has my package arrived? Is my treatment almost over? Will we ever … get there? Fill in the blank with any of the yearnings in ou...
Home By Another Way
I grew up next door to my grandparents and needless to say I spent a lot of time with them, including road trips. We would travel from New Bern to their home in...
Do Not Be Afraid
Every year around this time, the internet seems to explode in an array of loudness: sales too good to pass up, houses too lit up to avoid, year-in-review hot ta...
Blessed are You
Pastor Tom Long tells a story from his childhood about a game he and his neighborhood buddies would play to pass the time on rainy afternoons when they couldn...
Service of Lessons and Carols
Our annual Advent Service of Lessons & Carols was a magnificent time of worship together! Enjoy the story of Emmanuel, God-with-us, in scripture and in song...
All Flesh Shall See
Just a few weeks ago, the world lost one of the greats: Tony Campolo – pastor, writer, storyteller to all. Among his many stories was one I’ve told you befo...
Your Redemption is Drawing Near
What is saving your life right now? This question’s popularity comes with a history of its own. As legend has it, beloved Baptist-turned-Episcopalian pastor, ...
The End is Only the Beginning
The end of the Christmas story is only the beginning. You don’t have to answer this question out loud, but how many of you all are willing to admit that you ...
To Dwell Among Us: For Fulfillment
We’re talking about fulfillment today, and I’m not just referring to the Amazon Fulfillment Centers all around the country who are in their final press to C...
Service of Lessons & Carols
Our annual Advent Service of Lessons & Carols was one for the ages! Enjoy the story of Emmanuel, God-with-us, in scripture and in song!...
To Dwell Among Us: For Nearness
Are we there yet? Is it time? Has my package arrived? Is my treatment almost over? Will we ever … get there? Fill in the blank with any of the yearnings in ou...
To Dwell Among Us: For the Way
“The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,” Mark writes as this first gospel begins....