Lena Withrow

Beloved Community,

Who Vocational Ministry Looks Like

May 7th, 2026

Dear Beloved Community, A little more than four years ago, I got an email from a young student in her final semester of college. She was working on a final proj...

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Beloved Community,

A Shelter For Each Other’s Living

April 30th, 2026

Dear Beloved Community,  I am writing this letter imagining your faces. I can imagine you in your routine place in the sanctuary, with that warm light, rad...

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Beloved Community,

Gratitude and Hope

April 23rd, 2026

Gratitude and hope. When I finished defending my dissertation for my Doctorate of Ministry last month, someone asked me how it felt. I had two emotions: gratitu...

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Beloved Community,

A Singing People

April 16th, 2026

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...

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Beloved Community,

Something Always Happens at Easter!

April 9th, 2026

Dear Beloved Community, As Annabelle wisely told me, “something always happens at Easter!” My experience tells me that the “something” has the power to ...

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Beloved Community,

Love Leads to the Light

April 2nd, 2026

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...

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