Creative Faith and Uncertainty
Today’s blog is from Ben Rudeen Kreider. It’s the final week of his summer pastoral internship and he’ll also be preaching this Sunday. In a short seminary course on Black church traditions related to land, food, and racial agency, Rev. Dr. Heber Brown III shared a story. When he was…
“Listening is a creative force”
For the last two years I’ve been meeting weekly with a CMC small group that discusses the daily meditations of Franciscan priest Richard Rohr. We meet Wednesdays at noon over Zoom. Anyone is welcome. This week’s theme is about listening, and today’s meditation features the words of author Kay Lindahl. …
Reparative funds, reparative actions
Two years ago our congregation made a commitment: As part of our annual budget, we will include a line item for reparations – funds we release to local Black and Indigenous-led organizations, to be used where most needed. This is an outgrowth of CMC’s longtime emphasis on racial justice and…
Asking Questions, Taking Responsibility
by CMC Pastoral Intern Ben Rudeen Kreider This past Sunday pastor Joel preached on the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10. Joel wondered if its main message might not be for us to simply be Good Samaritans ourselves but to see the places we are in need, dependent…
Animal icons
The July issue of Sojourners magazine includes an article featuring icon artist Angela Manno. As an established contemporary artist in the 90s Manno decided to explore liturgical art by studying under a master iconographer in the Byzantine-Russian style. Manno explains that the process of icon creation itself carries spiritual meaning,…