Lena Withrow

Beloved Community,

Finding Belonging

January 30th, 2025

“Do you have siblings?” “Have you been to the beach in the past year?” “Are you a preacher’s kid?” “Have you ever lived overseas?” “Do you e...

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Beloved Community,

Reflections From Egypt: Taking Care

January 23rd, 2025

Dear Beloved Community,  Here I am again, writing to you on the heels of a great learning adventure! So before I say anything, I must say thank you. One of...

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Beloved Community,

On MLK Jr. Day…

January 16th, 2025

Dear Beloved Community, One spiritual practice that I revisit through the years is reading Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail ...

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Finding the Good Life 2025

January 2nd, 2025

Happy new year, Beloved Community! I write this new year’s note to you still in the wiles of 2024, in those final days before we meet the babe in a manger. As...

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Beloved Community,

The Clutch of Light

December 19th, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, Most every year, we mark the third Sunday of Advent with our service of Lessons & Carols. Fitting on Joy Sunday, right? Our Sanctuar...

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Beloved Community,

O Happy Sin

December 12th, 2024

This Sunday in worship we will continue a tradition begun in 1918 at Kings College in Cambridge, England – – a Service of Lessons and Carols. Our Sanctuary ...

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