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Do You Sense What I Sense?

The Advent and Christmas seasons are quickly approaching, and this year we will be focusing our worship services around the theme “Do You Sense What I Sense?”  This is a play on the familiar song, “Do You Hear What I Hear?”, and while the lyrics to that song ask about…

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Justice is restorative

Congregations and pastors can’t endorse candidates, but we can promote ballot issues.  I’m writing to express my strong support of Issue 1: The Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendment. One of the recent book studies during Adult Christian Education at CMC was Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow.  She…

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From Abbie in Guatemala

Abbie is currently in Guatemala, representing CMC on a 10 day learning tour with other members of Central District Conference congregations.  Below is a reflection from her.   I’m thankful for the opportunity to return to Guatemala.  Our time here this summer was so fun for our family and I loved…

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Saint Oscar

“Each one of you has to be God’s microphone. Each one of you has to be a messenger, a prophet. The church will always exist as long as there is someone who has been baptized…Where is your baptism? You are baptized in your professions, in the fields of workers, in the…

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WDJD?

When I was in college, I found an old party game in the back of a closet.  The game was called A Question of Scruples, and the gist of the game was that you had to guess how other people would respond to an ethical dilemma drawn at random from…

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