Beloved Community,
Signs of Life (Together)
September 12th, 2024
Dear Beloved Community, Around the staff meeting table yesterday, we marveled at how many of you came, excited, to our kickoff gathering at 9:00am on Sunday as ...
Beloved Community,
The Little Patch of Land We Tend
August 1st, 2024
Dear Beloved Community, In his recent Christian Century article called “What’s special about a church building?,” Brian Bantum writes this:...
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Holy Gatherings
July 11th, 2024
Hello First on Fifth Friends! I recently came across two headlines that gave me pause: “Is this the end of the dining room as we know it?” and “The Death...
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So Much Good Happening Here!
May 23rd, 2024
Dear Beloved Community, If you have felt like this month has been full to the brim with wonderful staff news, I have even more wonderful staff news to share –...
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Collecting Our Tears
March 28th, 2024
In author Sarah Bessey’s new book, Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith, she speaks of the wilderness of lament. Far too often, she...
Beloved Community,
Bold Witness and Stories of Resurrection
March 16th, 2024
Yesterday morning, I gathered with over 150 folks for an optional workshop at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina’s Annual Gathering. Called ...