Visioning Our Future
Greetings in Christ! It’s February! This month we will eagerly wait for news on whether or not a groundhog will see its shadow, watch a compilation of some of the best and most creative advertisements that 2023 has to offer while taking occasional breaks to watch a...
Beginning with Love
The love that we have always known, our constant joy and endless light, Now to the loveless world be shown, now break upon its deathly night. Into one song compress the love that rules our universe above; Sing love, sing love, sing God is love, sing love, sing God is...
Moving From “Not Racist” to “Anti-Racist”
Greetings in the name of Christ! Racism has been in the news a lot recently; since the death of George Floyd at the hands of white officers in Minneapolis, MN in May we have been experiencing a new wave of protests and cries to dismantle the unjust systems that exist...
Change is Never Easy — Reflections on the readings for Sunday, June 21st
First Reading: Jeremiah 20:7-13 7O Lord, you have enticed me, and I was enticed; you were too powerful for me,and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.8For whenever I speak, I must cry out, I must shout, “Violence and...
Holy Spirit Stir Up Your Power
Grace and Peace to you. Often times during the course of the church year, in many of our prayers we pray the words "Holy Spirit stir up your power". We pray these words in times of lament and darkness when we pray that the Holy Spirit stir up her power and change...
The Image of the Cross
Some Good Friday thoughts from theologian Richard Rohr: “It is true that you are going to die, and yet “I am certain of this, neither death nor life, nothing that exists, nothing still to come, not any power, not any height nor depth, nor any created thing can ever...
Lent in the Shadow of Covid-19
Grace and Peace to you. So today I am writing this in my IRL (In Real Life) office (where I am by myself) during a break in the intense task of trying to modify all of our spiritual growth activities and worship services for live-streaming. It's a whole new world....
On Romans 13 Or I Don’t Think That Bible Means What You Think It Means
Recently the Attorney General of the United States, Jeff Sessions, alluded alluded to Romans 13 in his defense of the Administrations decision to use the separation of families as a deterrent to illegal immigration. Specifically Mr. Sessions was alluding to the...
Empty and Being Emptied
Lent is one of my favorite seasons of the Church year because of the emphasis is on introspection and giving one’s self over to God. The tradition of fasting—denying ourselves something in order to focus our faith and our spiritual life on Christ—during Lent presents...
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