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Creative Cries

Many of you expressed kind words last Sunday about the lyrics I wrote for our Advent theme, which we will be singing to the tune of What Child is This? There are more verses coming each week, which I’ll include below. For now I wanted to give a little more…

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“What Shall I Cry?” Advent 2023

Since September, we’ve been working our way through the Narrative Lectionary.  This series of readings roughly follows the chronology of the biblical story.  We began with creation and have reached the Babylonian exile.  One of the inherent features of the Narrative Lectionary is that we go nearly four months without…

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Land Back and Land of the Freed

During our recent fall congregational meeting, we discussed money in our budget for reparative debt payments.  Several years ago we made a commitment to step this amount up to $20,000 annually (currently at $15,000 for our 2023 budget).  At the meeting, a strong majority affirmed we are ready to step…

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Thank you South Dakota and Father Haire

One hundred and twenty five years ago, South Dakota did something no other state in the nation had done.  They affirmed a process for people to have direct lawmaking powers.  Soon other states followed in allowing for ballot initiatives and referendums. A key leader in this movement was Father Robert Haire, a…

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Spooky Season

I hope you all had a happy Halloween, a blessed All Saints Day, and are enjoying a beautifully sunny All Souls Day. Or perhaps you celebrated Dia de los Muertos. Or maybe you know these holy days as Samhain. Regardless, I hope these days of transition from Fall to Winter…

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