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It was the third person I witnessed experiencing a drug overdose. Frightening. They do indeed turn blue. And all three, thankfully, survived.This person, last Tuesday, overdosed while eating dinner at a local shelter. Many miracles obviously but one particularly striking was the gentle, un-anxious...

The end of another school year is here and as we all catch our breath after what feels like a whirlwind from spring sports, end of year concerts, teacher gifts and commencement ceremonies, it can feel like there is no time to breathe. No time to take it all in and reflect on what just happened. You...

Two communication plans….

Pete Davis writes beautifully of the need to find worthwhile commitments in our lives, commitments beyond ourselves, commitments that serve.  

We share broken hearts this morning around the shootings in Texas that took the lives of 21 people, 19 of which were elementary school children. How do our hearts hold all this?The basic choice, I imagine, is this … do our hearts expand or do our hearts contract?Contraction is an easy and...

As we sat in a recent Zoom call, each of us in turn spoke of the challenges of apathy in the fragmented times in which we find ourselves.  Why has this apparent apathy grown?

Fundraising is not our goal. Let me repeat that. Fundraising is not our goal. We have shared this repeatedly over the years and it continues to be true. Fundraising is, however, the single most powerful way you can support our congregation.

In his recent book, Dedicated, author Pete Davis noted how those we most often admire carry, at their core, a set of unshakeable commitments or deep set of beliefs.  These long-haul heroes have simply kept at it for years or even decades in their quest for creating a kinder world.

As many of us do, I find myself going back often to books and writers I admire. At no time is this more true than when I’m pondering topics upon which I respect their opinions, thoughts, or feelings. I find, often, the questions they ask provide me with the mindset and mindframe to explore my own...

One of the truer parts of life seems to be that as we age, life becomes increasingly precious, a preciousness almost beyond words. With a smile, just look at baptisms. Parents, understandably, come to this sacrament with nap schedules and diaper changes largely front-and-center. And then there are...

This week is widely held as “Holy Week.”  As with all things holy, how do we enter it?

A beautiful note posted on one of our social media platforms read, “Those who are walking a very messy path, spiritual or otherwise, in the Word are the ones who the Lord makes intentional efforts to be near, to honor with his love and attention… Maybe messy nonexperts shed light on a path less...

This week we enter Easter.

One of the hardest elements of the spiritual life to accept is the now-shifted concept of “success.”

Churches are often known by their “thing.” Jesuits are known for their work in educational circles. Franciscans for their work with the poor. And yes, there is a group of Mennonites known, in their quest for unadorned simplicity, as “black bumper Mennonites.”