Yo Howdy All Y’all! We’re growing – wildflowers and tomatoes, herbs, plants of nourishment and beauty. Gifts to the street, for ourcongregation, our neighbors, guests and passersby; inviting pause, prayer, grateful harvest and space tobreathe in Spirit. “For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as the garden causes what is sown in it...
As we move towards gathering with one another for worship, I look forward to being in the samespace with you all. Worship will still not be “normal”, but it will be our new normal, at least for now. As theworld begins to open back up, we will continue to cautiously proceed with our gatherings and...
Dear Sisters and Brothers, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”– Sextus Propertius, Roman Poet (50-15 BC) If absence make the heart grow fonder, in light of our long pandemic absence from our church family,I’m sure that your hearts are by now quite fond for one another. I recently read about a study* that gives scientific...
As we inch into the seventh month mark of the pandemic shutdown, I have been pondering how I might illustrate this time to someone in thirty or forty years. I read an article recently by Dr. Aisha Ahmad in which she shared how the sixth month mark in any sustained crisis is always difficult. Well,...
As I sit down to write this month’s article, I am at a loss. My mind is all over the place. Maybe I should write about this. Or maybe I should write about this other thing. Maybe I should write nothing at all because it all seems so inconsequential compared to all that is happening...
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2.2″ background_color=”#f5f2d0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2.2″ text_font=”Nunito|600|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.3em”] I’d like to talk about something I’ve been seeing among people I know, and how it relates to Covid-19. I’ve noticed a high level of denial in people…not denial that the pandemic exists, or that it is a serious threat…but denial that anything bad could...
