At our weekly Bible study, we discuss a great many things. One week, studying a lesson about honestly baring our souls before God, someone asked why we never do a prayer of confession in our Sunday service. She had
CHRISTIANS HAVE THEIR HYMNS AND PAGES
There is a lot more to comedian Steve Martin than a zany guy with an arrow through his head. He is an actor, comic, musician, writer, and art collector. Martin brings no little insight to life. He studied philosophy at
THANKS, I NEEDED THAT
The more I learned from our guest speakers about Islam last Sunday, the less vulnerable I felt to prejudice as I hear accusing and hard things said about Islam, which is all of the time. Exactly what did I
A SONG IN OUR HEART
Fresh off the blazing heat of building a home with a single mother in Costa Rica, we will soon be gobsmacked by our first winter storm worthy of the name. So we’re talking about a collision of hemispheric forces. But
FROM ELATION INTO TRANSITION
Last Sunday was grand. It felt good to start the New Year floating in the clouds. We called Gary Morello as our Associate Minister at a special congregational meeting that followed his candidate sermon and service. The exceptional attendance, coupled
SO MUCH HAS LED UP TO THIS MOMENT
Recently, we’ve been on a roll as a church. Great things are happening here and it feels like our common life is brimming with goodness and new possibilities. We could take all of the credit and tell ourselves how