We’ll explore some of the complicated parts of welcome and inclusion. How do we move from assimilation to inclusion? What are the boundaries around welcome? What does it mean to recenter a community toward those often marginalized? If you think you know what … read more.
As we celebrate the beginning of the 183rd year of this church, we’ll reflect on what it means to make community together, and to return again and again to a place and a people. What makes this return “good and pleasant” and freely chosen? … read more.
It’s our semi-regular Q and A service. I will do my best to answer your questions. These services often turn about to be my favorites of the year, and surprisingly deep more often than not. You can send a question in advance … read more.
If we are serious about our faith, how might it shift or deepen our spiritual and emotional lives? How would you approach the existential questions of life, including meaning, forgiveness, hope, and yes – death? (There will be Barbie references today). What does … read more.
“Put it under a bushel? No!” — and yet we are often reticent, for good reason, to be loud and proud about our faith. Many have been harmed by proselytizing and supremacist faith traditions. It’s hard to explain our faith. Even when we do great … read more.
Thus begins a two-sermon summer series – Star Wars this week and Star Trek next week. We’ll use Star Wars to explore some of the central themes of that universe, including what it means to be a hero, empire, and rebellion, and the journey of … read more.
I’ll share the themes and questions that struck me from our national meeting. How do we face change when we don’t know what’s next? How do we heal our hearts and relationships? What does the Beloved Community feel like?
Fathers are told that part of our job is to protect. But in a world of mass guns and violence, how do we do that? What is the relationship between the Freedom that is celebrated on Juneteenth this weekend and the task of … read more.
One of our greatest sources of delight is the natural world. 185, Ralph Waldo Emerson began the famous Divinity School Address with the words: “In this refulgent summer, it has been a luxury to draw the breath of life.” Reflections on delight, our earthly … read more.
The last of the year-long series on 10 big ideas that are shaping my ministry. Researchers have been studying happiness and reaching profound conclusions about what actually produces joy, meaning, and satisfaction. What will actually make us happy? And how do we … read more.
