Oct 18, 2021 | Now. Here. This.
From the place where we are right Flowers will never grow In the spring. The place where we are right Is hard and trampled Like a yard. But doubts and loves Dig up the world Like a mole, a plow. And a whisper will be heard in the place Where the ruined House once...
Oct 4, 2021 | Now. Here. This.
One of the things we know for sure about the earliest celebrations of the Lord’s Supper is that it was an actual supper. Paul indicates as much in the eleventh chapter of 1 Corinthians when he scolds the church for not waiting for everyone to get there before they...
Sep 30, 2021 | Announcements
Sep 21, 2021 | Now. Here. This.
From time to time I’m asked for recommendations for daily devotionals. I often wince because recommending devotionals is like buying art for other people: it’s very personal, hard to get just right, and potentially awkward when you get it wrong. And yet a friend...
Sep 13, 2021 | Now. Here. This.
I was a freshman in college. We had been in classes for just a few weeks. I had a 9:00 am intro-level Music class with Dr. Gorlick. I woke up, threw some clothes on, and headed across campus. As I remember it, when I arrived in the classroom, a few students were...
Sep 7, 2021 | Now. Here. This.
Daybreak until nightfall, he sat by his wife at the hospital while chemotherapy dripped through the catheter into her heart. He drank coffee and read the Globe. He paced; he worked on poems; he rubbed her back and read aloud. Overcome with dread, they wept and...
Aug 30, 2021 | Now. Here. This.
I hope you have enjoyed this extended look at Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians as much as I have. If conversations and exchanges I’ve had with many of you are any indication, this great “love letter to the church” has been just what we’ve needed over the past month as...
Aug 30, 2021 | Announcements
Ellen Davis writes that the book of Job provides more than just a theology of suffering, but the theology of a sufferer. Suffering is something with which we all have become acquainted in new ways over the past year and a half. Not only have we all been touched in...
Aug 19, 2021 | Announcements
One of the cornerstones of our weekly rhythms that we have most missed is Wednesday Night Church. While these gatherings will look different from years past (both due to Covid precautions and exciting new planned opportunities for children and youth), we look forward...
Aug 17, 2021 | Now. Here. This.
It’s true that reading lists usually come out at the beginning of summer, but as this pandemic persists, time, too, continues to be fluid. In that spirit, enjoy these book recommendations from the church staff for the end of summer, or wherever and whenever your...
