Beloved Community,
Sabbath Sojourn
July 22nd, 2023
Caught in the full and boisterous stretch of weeks that included our church's first time at the Pride Festival, Abigail Cook's final Sunday on our staff, the an...
Beloved Community,
The Special Magic of Camp
July 14th, 2023
As a young person, a week away at church camp has the power to transform. And when that week is spent at Passport, anything is possible!...
Beloved Community,
Healing from Theological Trauma
July 8th, 2023
There are but a handful of countless stories I've heard in my years of ministry about the trauma that has afflicted far too many Christians -- some even within ...
Beloved Community,
Holy Ambition: CBF’s General Assembly
July 1st, 2023
This week, twenty First on Fifth folks traveled to Atlanta for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's General Assembly, the annual gathering of more than 1000 Coo...
Beloved Community,
A Walk in Honor of Generations of Queer Folk
June 23rd, 2023
Nineteen years ago this month, I attended my first ever Pride Festival. I was living in Chicago at the time, and many of my new friends in our Master of Music p...
Beloved Community,
“PREACH!”
June 17th, 2023
Baptists have been in the news this week; perhaps you’ve heard. The Southern Baptist Convention met for their annual gathering, and beyond any other headline ...