“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. …

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 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…

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…

To be able to enjoy girls and women without having to control or possess them. To have meaningful and vulnerable relationships with other males. To have a lively internal life of reflection, meditation, and imagination. To respect elders and to become an elder worthy of respect. To channel passion and…