In your sorrow, do not sin. In your pain, do not sin.
June 16, 2025
Some of you may have read the memoir Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad. The book came out a few years ago, as a sort of follow-up to the column she had been writing in the New York Times back in the ‘teens. The book, and the column, called “Life, Interrupted,” chronicle her long walk […]
Read MoreDon’t Confuse Oneness With Sameness
June 9, 2025
The story of the Tower of Babel is one that makes its way into children’s bibles. We teach it to kids – probably not because of any moral it has and which we might want them to take to heart, but because it is fun and easy to act out with building blocks in Sunday […]
Read MoreSing Your Way To Freedom
June 2, 2025
This is the third prison break in the Book of Acts. As the apostles preach and serve the poor, they attract the attention – and the ire – of the authorities. Too many slaves are being freed, too many women are being encouraged to speak their truths. Too many wealthy and well-positioned Christians are welcoming […]
Read MoreForbidden By The Holy Spirit
May 26, 2025
There’s a lot happening in the morning’s scripture reading, which is a bit of a mishmash of a scripture reading. So let me give you some context for it. The Book of Acts was written as a sequel to the Gospel of Luke, by the same author (Luke) and was written for, was addressed and […]
Read MoreHow To Keep Safe From Loveless Religion
May 19, 2025
One of the things people turn to religion for is a sense of grounding. There is more than simply comfort in the familiarity of hymns you know by heart and prayers you could say in your sleep. There is more than simply comfort in entrusting yourself to rituals which are sturdy enough to hold you, […]
Read MoreRemembrance and Resurrection
May 12, 2025
As tradition has it, Easter is not a Sunday, but a season. The trumpet fanfare and festive lilies and pews full of squirming children in floral dresses and little seersucker suits make for a big day, but this is only the beginning. For the next seven Sundays – almost two months of them, most of […]
Read MoreLiving With a Slow and Steady Conversion
May 5, 2025
There are some traditions which take the experience that Saul had on the road to Damascus – which take his sudden, dramatic, life-changing conversion – there are some traditions which take the experience that Saul had on the road to Damascus as the yardstick against which the sincerity or the depth of every Christian’s faith […]
Read MoreConfirmation Sunday
April 29, 2025
On Sunday, April 28, 2025, we joyfully welcomed a special group of individuals into full membership of our church family—our confirmands. Confirmation is not just a ceremony. It is a milestone that marks the growth of personal faith and the decision to walk intentionally in the path of Jesus. A key part of the Confirmation […]
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