Dearly Beloved, Whether you plan to continue with us in our new ministry, or you have decided to join another faith community (or somewhere in between) we urge you to gather together this Sunday, September 21 and next Sunday, September…
noun \tran(t)-ˈsi-shən a change from one state or condition to another passage from one state, stage, subject, or place to another—change a movement, development, or evolution from one form, stage, or style to another a musical modulation; a musical passage…
This past week my facebook feed has been a flurry of photos of heading back…heck, I am even friends with a couple of folk whose children started kindergarten this year—although many of them are children I baptized ;-). It was…
“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn truth.” --Hermann Hesse This past Sunday we gathered in the sanctuary of ‘our’ backyard at the parsonage for worship and a…
Friends. Like so many, I am heartbroken (again) over the killing of another young black man and that which has transpired since. According to Melissa Harris-Perry’s recent impassioned segment on MSNBC a white police officer has killed two black people…
sanctuary [sangk-choo-er-ee] noun, plural sanctuaries. a sacred or holy place. Judaism: the Biblical tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem; the holy of holies of these places of worship. an especially holy place in a temple or church. the part of…
True forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which you enter each moment —David Ridge (theartofforgiveness.org) Beloved , This week’s scripture readings engage the hardships of human relationships, and the enduring sense that forgiveness…
O LORD, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with…
And the LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples born of you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger." —from Genesis 25:19-34 "And he…
After these things God tested Abraham. God said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am.” —Genesis 21:1-2 UGGHHHH! Last week I wrote of the hard-to-hear-story of Hagar and Ishmael’s banishment being sandwiched between Isaac’s birth and near sacrifice…