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The theme of this Sunday’s service will be grief. 

A few years ago someone passed along the adage: “People aren’t afraid of change.  They’re afraid of loss.” I’m wary of blanket statements about “people,” but that one sounds more true than not.  We naturally protect what we love, which means we regularly push back against change out of fear of what or who we love being lost. 

Pandemic aside, modern living is essentially one change after another – culture, technology, habitat.  We’re adaptable creatures, but, Wow.  With change comes loss, and loss can produce...

I am blessed.
 

I know, in this age of social media and shallow hashtags, that the word blessed has taken on some negative connotations recently, but I am reclaiming its beautiful, sacred applicability to my life.

I am blessed in more ways than I can count – let me #humblebrag to you now.

My close friends and family are healthy, which perhaps a year ago would not have been at the top of my list. My husband and I still have our jobs and can mostly work at home together. We do not have...