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When God Comes To Live With Us Sunday, July 16 at 10am | Bulletin Friends, It’s challenging to have houseguests in NYC. For most of us fortunate enough to have housing, our spaces are small. An extra bedroom? Probably not. That old inflatable mattress? It has a hole in it. The couch? It’s ok for […]

Step Out To Look In Sunday, July 9 at 10am | Bulletin Friends, It’s the travel season. Lots of us take advantage of the summertime to visit family and folks elsewhere, host friends or become amateur tour guides for friends visiting, take a trip to a new place, or opt for a staycation, preferring to […]

Unbinding the Children and the Rest of Us, Too Sunday, July 2 at 10am | Bulletin “Unbinding the Children, and the Rest of Us, Too” Friends, We return to the lectionary this Sunday with a reading of one of the most terrifying and triggering stories in the Bible — the Akedah, the binding of Isaac. The narrative has troubled its hearers – Jews, […]

Whose Pride Goeth Before the Fall? Sunday, June 25 at 11am | Bulletin Friends, June is Pride month, and this Sunday is Pride Sunday. Happy Pride! Yet isn’t pride one of the Christian tradition’s seven deadly sins? There’s also the biblical proverb that has entered popular discourse (incorrectly) as “pride goeth before a fall.” Some […]

Freedom, Revived Sunday, June 18 at 11am | Bulletin Friends, We are going to spend some time with a little known text from the Bible this week, Habakkuk, found in the Hebrew scriptures. In this text, Habakkuk, the prophet, is angry at God. Why hasn’t your justice arrived, Habakkuk complains?  How long do people have to […]

Tent Pitching Sunday, June 11 at 11am | Bulletin Friends, Have you ever had to pitch a tent? As many of you may know, I struggle with “fun” or “leisurely” outdoor activities. It’s mostly my suburban upbringing, but mostly I don’t like even the off chance that I’ll be uncomfortable in any way. Why be […]

Ready, Steady, Go? Sunday, June 4 at 11am | Bulletin Dear Friends, This Sunday, we get to officially welcome Rev. Dr. J. Terry Todd to our pastoral team. He’s not at all new to us.  Terry has been a part of our extended community for quite some time. Terry, his partner, Andrew, and their son, Eli, are fellow Upper West […]

Ch-Ch-Ch-Change Sunday, May 28 at 11am | Bulletin ‘All were amazed and disturbed. They asked each other, “What does this mean?” ‘ Acts 2:12 So, as you’re all probably tired of hearing by now, Amanda and I graduated from Union Theological Seminary last weekend. I’ve been reflecting a lot over this past week about the degree we each received, Master of Divinity. Several people have […]

Ready To Take Off Sunday, May 21 at 11am | Bulletin “You will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now…” Acts 1:5 On Ascension Day, the risen Christ takes off, leaving the Apostles to figure out what to do with the rest of their lives. It’s a time of transition for them, and a time to renew their spirits for the work ahead. And don’t […]

Cite Your Sources Sunday, May 14 at 11am | Bulletin Friends, It is hard not to get stuck in hopelessness.  It is hard not to feel stalled by overwhelm.  The enormity of injustice and the numbers of needs all around us can literally feel like weights on our bodies, but also on our souls.  We forget […]