Daily Connector | April Adult Education Discussions | Katie Graber, LT
As Leadership Team was preparing for the April 25 congregational meeting, we realized how many big topics we have to discuss. We decided that two topics (COVID and reparations) deserve a whole hour to hear from the committees and discuss what their findings and recommendations mean for our community. We…
Daily Connector | Part VI: Reparations Essay | Wilbur Miller
I’m sharing with you a couple snapshots of what I am learning about our diverse nation’s migration story. The last eleven years Shirley and I have been living among African Americans in Olde Towne East here in central Ohio. The last several years I have been reading about the history…
Holy Week/Year
“And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water…forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone.” – Leonard Cohen, “Suzanne” It’s not too hard to lose track of Jesus during Holy Week. Our Sundays are scheduled such that the parade of Palm Sunday is followed…
Daily Connector | Part VII: Repent. Repair. “Diversity, Inclusion, Equity” | Brent Miller
CMC Daily Connector Friday March 26, 2021 Part VII: Repent. Repair. Real Estate (!?!) “Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity” by Brent Miller Earlier this week I wrote about “Redlining” practices that were commonplace up until the 1968 Fair Housing Act made it illegal. It just so happened that in the latest…
Daily Connector | Part V: Reparations Essay | Joel Copeland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dc4W91hFPw (This link was Joel’s Sunday presentation, with Joel reading the essay below). Thoughts on repent and repair We acknowledge we are gathering on land where Miami, Osage, Shawnee, and other Indigenous peoples have lived and labored, fought, and loved. I walk this land for a couple of hours…
