Real place, real people
As we approach Christmas, we remember that Bethlehem is a real place with real people whose struggles are not dissimilar from Roman occupied Palestine in the first century. We also remember that the nativity story, and the subsequent response of Herod, is a story of sanctuary, forced migration, and…
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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Last evening four of us from CMC attended the annual Faith in Public Life celebration, downtown. …
From ‘Knowing’ to ‘Making Meaning’
You might remember from a previous blog post that I am in the middle of preparing to be the speaker of Camp Friedenswald’s Junior High Winter Retreat on the topic of “What do we do with the Bible?” It is a topic I chose because it is something I still…
Advent 2017
Advent begins this Sunday. It’s a season of watchfulness, becoming like Mary, making space for Christ not only around us, but within us. As a congregation we hear familiar texts and sing songs of the season that invite us deeper into the story. Here are three things to know…
Thanksgiving
The trees are mostly bare, but there is excess in these late-autumn days; of food, of memory, of longing. Time, in its fullness, spills backward and forward, and with it thoughts of all we have ever loved or hoped to love. Gathered into one, it is a feast of too…
