Ash Wednesday: Call a Solemn Assembly
Ash Wednesday“Call a solemn assembly…”Joel 2:15 When Joel issued the call for a “solemn assembly”, he did not issue that call to a bunch of Baptists! ...
Promotion Sunday
Each year, Promotion Sunday marks an exciting time in the life of our church family — a time when our children and youth officially “move up” to their nex...
How to Read the Bible, Let’s Go!
I grew up in a world where what the Bible said meant everything. Our approach to reading the Bible was mostly literal. I say “mostly” because we w...
Love Leads to the Light
Maundy Thursday by Malcolm Guite Here is the source of every sacrament,The all-transforming presence of the Lord,Replenishing our every elementRemaking us in hi...
Changed Plans & Steady Rhythms
Dear Beloved Community, Later today, I’ll join the madness and venture out to the grocery for our family’s pre-winter storm haul! Perhaps you’ve done so a...
Caretakers of the Spiritual Environment
Dear Beloved Community, It has become our staff’s custom these past several years to begin the first half of January with our annual reviews and a staff workd...
Room for Everyone at the Table
This Sunday, October 5, our congregation will gather for one of my favorite days in the life of the church – World Communion Sunday. Born out of a desire ...
Facing Our Finitude
I admit, I had to laugh. It’s precisely not the moment to laugh, this somber ritual in worship where the ministers smudge ashes on the brows of their congr...