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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...

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Beloved Community,

What do we do now? 

May 28th, 2026

What do we do now?  Perhaps that was a question of the first disciples as they left the upper room on that first Pentecost Sunday.  They had witnessed...

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Beloved Community,

Wherever the Journey May Lead

May 19th, 2026

On my day off last week, I hiked the Grindstone Trail at Pilot Mountain State Park, one of my favorite trails nearby. The trail is physically challenging, but t...

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Gathering Round A Table

May 14th, 2026

There is something sacred about gathering around a table. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is often found sharing meals with others — friends, strangers, discipl...

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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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