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Like other Christians around the world, we regularly follow the Revised Common Lectionary, a set of scriptural readings throughout the liturgical year.  This provides many benefits, but a disadvantage is that it tends to jump around the biblical story.  It makes it difficult to get a sense of how parts fit together into a whole.

Enter the Narrative Lectionary.    

Begun in 2010 as a project of two professors at Luther Seminary, the Narrative Lectionary follows...

In case you missed it, Gwen is on Sabbatical.  Or more accurately, a three week mini-Sabbatical. 

Gwen has worked for the church 17 years and in 2012 stepped into the role of full time Office Administrator.  Since that time she has become increasingly integral in supporting commissions and Leadership Team and is now appropriately titled “Church Administrator.”

Gwen is keen on details while seeing the big picture.  She gets stuff done while being open for conversation with folks coming through the church.  She is both practical and an ideas person.  Gwen has been a go-to...

To open a Christian Education Commission meeting a few weeks ago, I shared a passage from a book I’m currently reading called The Hopeful Family: Raising Resilient Children in Uncertain Times by Amelia Richardson Dress. Throughout the book, Dress looks at various spiritual practices and offers caregivers ideas about what it might mean to reimagine them through a lens of “hopeful parenting.”  Rather than trying to “get it right” the goal is to offer children the tools they need to navigate life, practices that anchor them when life is hard, and a love of exploring and questioning...

Yesterday I attended the monthly Interfaith Justice Table that brings Central Ohio clergy and nonprofit and community leaders together around pertinent issues and excellent breakfast casserole.  I’ve written about this gathering before.  It’s usually an eclectic agenda and this was no exception.

Rev. Dan Clark discussed the One Person One Vote campaign against Issue 1, and Rev. Dr. Susan Smith invited everyone to register to serve as an Election Peacekeeper, which includes training in de-escalation...

Churches and clergy aren’t allowed to endorse political candidates but we can advocate for issues.  Last week the CMC Leadership Team affirmed Columbus Mennonite Church joining a sign-on campaign of organizations opposed to Issue 1.    

Ohio is terribly gerrymandered, giving the slight majority of Republicans across the state a supermajority in the House and Senate.  One of the important powers Ohio voters have held since 1912 is the ability to propose constitutional amendments that become law if supported by the majority.  It’s not a great way to make laws, and it’...

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