Leadership
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
Topic: Humility
Learning to be a Guest
“Come on in, take a seat, Come on in, take a seat with Love” “The presence of our love is here” Our voluntaries this morning speak of a joyful, ecstatic … Continue reading Learning to be a Guest
In Faith, In Hope and In Love
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
The Virtues of Humility
When our Eliot Chapel was being designed and built almost 100 years ago, one of the scripture passages that was chosen to be inscribed on the building, there on the … Continue reading The Virtues of Humility
The Virtues of Humility
Thomas Moore called humility, “that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.” Humility seems to be contrary to a lot of what our culture values but perhaps it … Continue reading The Virtues of Humility
Question Box
Rev. Sinkford will answer questions from both our young people and adults about our faith, our church and our place in the world. We will NOT gather for Service on … Continue reading Question Box
Coming Together By Staying Apart
Words of Wendell Berry: When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my … Continue reading Coming Together By Staying Apart
Please Remove Your Shoes
Anger, disappointment, pain, conflict — it can be hard to hold humility and perspective when things get rough. What are some practical ways that we can bring our best selves … Continue reading Please Remove Your Shoes
Mama’s Last Hug
James Baldwin wrote: “If you can’t love anybody, you’re dangerous. You have no way of learning humility, no way of learning that other people suffer…” If you can’t love anybody, … Continue reading Mama’s Last Hug
Masters of the Universe
“…humble never really registered for me,” wrote Brian Doyle in our reading. It never really registered “because I was not humble, and had no real concept of humble…” Humility was something … Continue reading Masters of the Universe