Beloved in Christ: I write to you from the middle of my summer sabbatical. The past three weeks have been a time of rest, reflection, and appreciating the normal rhythms of life. If that sounds boring, it has been anything but. It has been an enormous blessing to simply

Beloved in Christ: On Vacation To honor the Sabbath is not just to take the day, but to honor the holiness of open time, pausing, holding your hands empty of all but God. Empty your time: give room for God to act, for grace to enter, for wonder to

Beloved in Christ: This week, we wind up the Great Fifty Days of Easter with Pentecost on Sunday. It’s a tradition to wear red on this important day of celebration. Pentecost is the day to honor the birthday of the Church, and this year we have an additional celebration

Beloved in Christ: We do a lot of really important things in this faith community, from our common worship to our hospitality towards one another and visitors, and so much more. One of the most important things that we do is support our children and young people in their

Beloved in Christ: Easter Blessings! We are at the beginning of the Great Fifty Days of Easter, a season of joy that is rooted in stories in scripture of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances and a recounting from the Acts of the Apostles of the first stirrings of what will become

Beloved in Christ: A blessed and happy Easter to you!  In the midst of this chaotic and difficult time, when many people are feeling confused and hopeless, we cling to the promise of God made manifest in the risen Jesus Christ. God's revelation in Christ, God's promise of resurrection,