“Wherever there is a meeting that summons us to our better selves,
Wherever our lostness is found,
Our fragments are reunited,
Our wounds begin healing,
Our spines stiffen
And our muscles grow strong for the task…
There is ministry.”
We do not know who wrote those words but I have gone back … read more.
Hold on. Change is comin.’
Change is comin. Yes. We got that message…even the most resistant of us. Even those of us who want change the least. Those whose age or stage or condition will make change…well, for some of us change is going to make … read more.
Happy Easter. Did you love the story of the Birds’ Gift that Cassandra shared? I loved that it is from the Ukraine. If you can’t find a message about hope rising up in resistance to the violence of empire in the Ukrainian story this year… … read more.
Today’s the day we can decide to mend the fabric we divide…
Today is the day…
The church is a community of both memory and hope.
Memory. The church brings forward the wisdom, the stories of the past. It also brings forward the structures and the habits of the … read more.
To begin again
Isn’t to go backwards,
But to decide to go.
Our story is…a spiral …
Shifting inward and outward…
We disembark both beside…and beyond
Who we were…
It is a return … and a departure.
It is almost exactly 2 years to the day since we closed this church for in-person … read more.
“If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury, but if we do not, no other agreement can do us any good. Let us endeavor to keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace.”
If we agree … read more.
Seeing is the pearl of great price, wrote Annie Dillard. To see. To witness.
Do you remember the famous image of justice? The woman holding the scales…blindfolded, so she’s not tempted to tip the scales in favor of one or the other party…equal treatment before the … read more.
Rev. Abhi Janamanchi
Rev. Bill and Rev. Janamanchi will reflect on the experience of trying to lead toward Beloved Community, of equipping those we serve to make that journey and preparing ourselves to survive it.
Bring that dream to life…Lord I pray…
Won’t you bring that dream to life
I have a dream today…(that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of … read more.
Come Sunday…ah, Come Sunday, that’s the day…
Lord Almighty, God of love, please look down and see my people through. Come Sunday.
The lyrics of that Duke Ellington masterpiece really resonate as we start this New Year.
“see my people through”
The news of the world is not that good.
Covid … read more.
