Spirit of Surrender
In today’s scripture from the book of Acts, we are told of the precarious balance upon which the body of Christ rests. Twice now, we…
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Feasting, not fasting…
Mark’s gospel is known for its haste. Jesus is here and then there and everything is so urgent and busy. We spent four weeks in…
Facebook parenting = 21st century coffee klatch
Whenever we went back to my grandma and grandpa’s house for holidays, the family gathered together in the living room and we told stories. Or…
Loving Your Neighbor…Now
(Community Worship in the Park) It is so beautiful out, and all of you look so wonderful gathered here in community. Although it takes some…
disappointing numbers
The numbers game is something that we play a lot in the church. We want to know how many baptisms and members and monies and…
How Should We Love?
Last week, we talked about a little place on the southwest side of Jerusalem… does anyone remember what that ugly and awful place was called?…
Celebration of our Present
Instead of preaching this Sunday, we shared some videos about the life of our church and the process we are in. ENJOY!
the world is my parish
Bishop Trimble recently reminded a group of young clergy that we are not appointed to congregations… we are appointed to communities. It was something I…