Wisdom for the Church
Last weekend myself and a handful of others from CMC attended the yearly gathering of the Central District Conference (CDC). This year was at Bluffton University (Go Beavers!) and carried on the theme “Listen! Wisdom is Calling.” The three worship services for the gathering were themed around wisdom from the…
More About Joy
[Written by Robin Walton] Let’s talk a bit more about Joy The fruit of the spirit is the focus of our summer worship. We focused on Joy on Sunday but before we move on, a few more thoughts. It has been a busy few weeks at CMC. Rummage and Plant…
It Takes a Village
A couple Sundays ago we held our annual Keeping CMC Safe themed worship service, which served as the yearly (re)training for the congregation. If you missed it, you will have the opportunity to complete the training on our website. It is our goal to have 100% of the congregation trained…
Easter Tide Reflections
[By Sabbatical Interim Pastor Robin Walton] I read Diana Butler Bass in my inbox. She is a Christian historian and author. I was introduced to her in seminary, but she is very accessible to the average reader. She follows the standard lectionary and comments on it. This past Sunday was…
Room to Grow
Some of the most formative moments of my faith journey happened in the back of crowded church vans, around late-night campfires, or in the midst of a packed worship hall filled with hundreds of other young people. I grew up in the Disciples of Christ denomination, and the Ohio Region…
Ash Wednesday, Thrown Alongside
Our Lent theme for this year is Thrown Alongside, which is a sort of literal translation of the word “parable.” In many ways, parables are stories, metaphors, images, and ideas that are placed (or thrown) alongside the stories, metaphors, and images of our own life. They are an invitation to…
Anabaptist History, Anabaptist Future
History was never my best subject in school, but I have been really enjoying teaching a series on Anabaptist History to the High School Sunday School class. What has really captured my imagination as I prepare and lead lessons on these stories is something that Joel alluded to in the…
Slowing Down, Being Present, Reflecting
Now that we have the busyness of the holiday season behind us but still plenty of Winter ahead of us, perhaps it is finally a good time to lean into the gift that these months can offer us: chances to slow down, to get cozy, and to reflect on where…
For Good
On Sunday I made an off-the-cuff joke about how I was sorry I had written my sermon before seeing the new Wicked movie because it meant I didn’t have time to make the movie the entire focus of the sermon as I leaned into my latest obsession. But I suppose…
Grief, Connection and a Tree’s Funeral
by Bethany Davey I’m mourning the death of a tree. Two weeks ago, one of our neighborhood trees unexpectedly fell victim to an impending gas line project. Though we had received numerous notices about the project—always slated for the ambiguous future—we had not been informed that trees would be removed….
