What a week! I don’t know about you, but I think I’m all about tired of saying and feeling this. Continued political strife and violence, failing infrastructure at the hands of our inability to be good stewards of our resources, it’s too darn hot/wet/windy…and on and on.
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Sometimes the truth hurts. How often do you avoid saying something, even when something needs to be said, because you don’t want to risk a friendship, a work situation, a family relationship? That’s what John the Baptist’s story is making me think about.
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If you are like me, you are carrying a lot right now. A lot of anxiety about the state of our nation. Concern for those in the path of war and violence. Stress about our planet, as a warming climate threatens more and more dramatic weather events. Money worries, health worries, worries about loved ones.
Friends, this Sunday is a high holy day for us– It’s Pride! We’ll reflect together about how being in relationship with queerness blesses us, grows us, and connects us to transformative possibilities.
How often do we get placed into situations and expectations that are just not us? And how hard it is, then, to know and claim who we really are!
If It Doesn’t Fit, Don’t Wear It Read More »
Sunday will be special! First, it’s the ‘official’ kickoff to our Capital Campaign to ‘rebuild the walls’ (and, more particularly the roof!) of St. Paul & St. Andrew.
Making Space For Grace Read More »
Yesterday we received amazing, wonderful, “pinch me it’s so fabulous news” from K and Lea and Aurora at General Conference. LOVE WINS!
This week we jump ahead in the lectionary to what will be the early days of forming Christ’s church in the world.
On the Road Again Read More »
A few years back, we did a little exploration of the question, ‘What’s a church for?’ It was a provocative question, and we came up with some interesting answers.
The Last ‘Come To Jesus’ Meeting Read More »
When it comes to the Risen Christ, it seems like believing is seeing. Walking on the road to Emmaus that evening of Easter, two disciples encounter Jesus. But, of course, they don’t recognize him.