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,
A School of Love
November 7th, 2024
Dear Beloved Community, Last month, I read a new book by author and teacher, Sharon McMahon, called The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Change...
Beloved Community,
Facing Our Finitude
February 16th, 2024
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...
Beloved Community,
Connections and Calling
February 9th, 2024
Dear Beloved Community, I write to you from a cool morning in the mountains of western North Carolina, where I have joined nearly 130 other ministers (including...
Beloved Community,
The Realm of Possibility
February 4th, 2024
In these weekly letters, I often enjoy the opportunity to write reflectively for you about a happening in the life of the church, or the chance to tell a meanin...
Beloved Community,
The Ministry of a Deacon
January 27th, 2024
Tomorrow in worship, we install 24 active Deacons who have committed to serve God and our church in 2024. Five of these eight Deacons newly-called to serve are ...