“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 … Continue reading One Last Thing, Before I Go (Community Sunday)
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 … Continue reading A Narrow Path Forward
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 … Continue reading Rise Up
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 … Continue reading Leadership
To begin againIsn’t to go backwards,But to decide to go.Our story is…a spiral …Shifting inward and outward…We disembark both beside…and beyondWho we were…It is a return … and a departure. … Continue reading In Faith, In Hope and In Love
“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 … Continue reading Disagree in Love
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 … Continue reading Witnessing to Our Lives
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 … Continue reading Following the Spirit Toward Beloved Community
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 … Continue reading How Long, O Lord, How Long
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 … Continue reading The First Day of the Rest of Our Lives
