Casting no stones
The headline of this morning’s Dispatch addresses executions in Ohio and the drugs needed to carry them out. Despite drug makers warning Ohio officials not to use their products for executions, the article details multiple occasions in which state officials acquired these drugs, sending them to the state death chamber…
Enemy love
This week highlights our 5th commitment: “Love our neighbors and enemies, pursuing wholistic peace with justice.” We didn’t plan for it to coincide with the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the US, but it does. When Jesus says, in Matthew 5:44, “Love your enemies and pray for those who…
What is Formation?
A few months back, the Christian Education Commission and I organized a workshop that was meant to help clarify the purposes of Christian Formation and set some goals to help move us toward our vision for Christian formation with children and youth. The congregation as a whole has been doing…
A morning with ICE
At 9:30 this morning eight of us gathered in a circle in the church foyer and joined hands. We prayed for a successful morning. We prayed for strength and courage and peace. Then seven of us headed out the door and drove to the ICE offices in LeVeque Tower downtown. …
1619 Project
This month the New York Times Magazine has been releasing a remarkable set of essays titled The 1619 Project. August marks 400 years since the first ship bearing enslaved Africans docked in Virginia colony. This is more than a recounting of history. The project, in its own words, “aims to…