Reflections on the Green Season
In these waning days of summer we find ourselves right in the middle of that long season of the liturgical year known as Ordinary Time. No major feast days like...
Extraordinary Time
Dear Beloved Community, After Pentecost Sunday we entered that long season of the church year known as “Ordinary Time”....
A Word of Peace
Next week, the Tuesday Morning Devotional Classics group will begin a study of Adam McHugh’s book, The Listening Life. As I prepared for this study, I was r...
The Serious Business of Blessings
The Bible is filled with blessings. You have probably heard one of the most familiar: “The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face to shine upon y...
Art Ministry: Pointing Us to God
One of the most challenging aspects of any ministry in the church is to keep perspective. Without constant vigilance the ministry itself can often become the fo...
A Singing People
What a year this has been celebrating the 100th anniversary of our church home on Fifth Street! It is difficult to imagine the variety and sheer number of event...
The Beauty of Music-Making
I came of age as a singer under the direction of musicians who were themselves students and supporters of the famed conductor, Robert Shaw. ...