Lent

With Ash Wednesday earlier this week, we are now in the Christian season of Lent. For Christians, Lent is the… Read more Lent

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I am off this Sunday. In my absence the Worship Committee has arranged for a guest preacher, the Rev. Dr.… Read more Thank You, Newsletter Creators

With a smart phone at hand, and a powerful search engine, we have banished the anxiety of not knowing. Now… Read more The Deeper Mind

From a recent article in the New York Times I learned a Swedish phrase that spoke to me: kärt besvär.… Read more Dear Pain

Theology has much to say about the attributes of God, omnipotence, omniscience, love, justice, and so on, but what about… Read more The Face of God

These candles represent our deepest longings For our lives For our church For our neighbors For our world As these… Read more Candle Blessing

Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran This is a classic gay novel from 1978 that I had never read.… Read more Dancer from the Dance

I am loving the tree in the courtyard in front of the church right now. What a show of beautiful… Read more Silent Stories

Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about it, by… Read more Of Boys and Men