Blogging Towards Sunday, February 25, 2024
In Lent this year, we’re inviting different members of our church community to talk about faith. The word religion is often seen in a negative light these days; in particular … Continue reading
Blogging Towards the First Sunday of Advent: December 3, 2023
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Luke 1:1-23 This year we’re again using a curriculum created by the theo-artists of A Sanctified Art. The series is focused onhow the Gospel of Luke begins … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, August 6, 2023
1 Corinthians 11:17-29, 33-34; 12:12-14, 25-31; 13:1-13 We continue our summer series wrestling with the three words we’ve used to describe our church mission and ethos. It’s both who we … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, July 16, 2023
OPEN. But to what? And why?1 Kings 19:1-13 & John 14:1-7 It often seems like the deepest truths in life are paradoxical. They appear to be made up of contradictory … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, July 9th – REAL 2
Reflections on Today’s ReadingsRomans 8:1-6,9-31, 35, 37-39 Today we continue reflecting around what REAL means in terms of faith and church. Last week we looked at some of the various … Continue reading
Losing our Religion.
I’ve been reading and pondering a series of 5 thoughtful essays written by The NY Times opinion writer Jessica Gross. She is a journalist and novelist offers her perspective on … Continue reading
Summer 2023 Sunday Series: The Three Words
Our leadership teams are fleshing out our mission statement, helping us to claim who we are as a church in 2023. Our emerging vision is both rooted in the past … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, May 7, 2023
Psalm 65 & 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 “Among the treasures of the nations are their meal practices. Meals create and express a human group. Meals are complex symbols, not just functional … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, March 12, 2023
Exodus 17:1-7 & John 4:5-42 Today’s stories seem far from what we live…traveling in the desert, going to a well for water. And yet…. The Israelites cry out in fear … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, March 5, 2023
Genesis 12:1-4a & John 3:1-17 The hardest questions of life seem to come at night. Often, they’re about what we’re facing, enduring, or seeking to solve. In our scriptures today … Continue reading
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