Volume 37, No. 4
From Dust to Dust - Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the day we begin the Lenten season. I typically don’t care for Ash Wednesday much. It’s always been a little depressing, and as someone who’s been afraid of death since...
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Volume 37, No. 3
Silken Threads of Prayer - I’m not really sure how prayer works. Then again, is anyone? I watched an interview recently with Nadia Bolz-Weber who described prayer as a relay race, as opposed to an individual sport. Prayer, she said, is...
Volume 37, No. 2
Why We Take Our Kids to Church - I mentioned in my sermon last Sunday a post I read about the church losing its particularity. The essential point was: because God can be found anywhere, there's no need to go to church. You can find God in...
Volume 37, No. 1
New Year, New Beginnings - What better time to start a new job than the first day of a new year? This is the season to be setting goals and intentions, hopes and dreams. As I sit in my new office, in my new chair, in my new role, I, too, find...
Volume 36, No. 23
God, What Can We Imagine? - Carolyn Winfrey Gillette “God, What Can We Imagine?” lifts up the Servant Song found in Isaiah 42:1-9 and calls the church to think creatively about how we can join in God's work for peace and...
Volume 36, No. 22
Advent 2022 The Mystery of Christmas from Godly Play curriculum Christ who has come is still coming. This is full of mystery. You know, a mystery is sometimes very hard to enter. That is why this time of Advent is so important. It helps us...
Volume 36, No. 21
When are we? Garrett Vickrey In 1978 James Baldwin wrote, “All that can save you now is your confrontation with your own history… which is not your past, but your present.” Ancient peoples thought of time as cyclical...