Peace Be With You

I can’t help thinking about the last time this passage* came up in the lectionary: April 2020. Five weeks into the pandemic shutdown, our world had been turned upside down. With every passing week, reality seemed to become less and less tethered to… well, reality. Things that had been inconceivable before the pandemic were happening […]

Callings – Meet New PH Director Andrea Lewis, the Recovery Café Network, Youth Visit from MN + more

Callings – Fall 2022 This Fall’s issue of Callings, profiles the new Executive Director of Potter’s House, Andrea Lewis, who describes her experience and conviction of working for the collective good. She’s excited to lead Potter’s House to greater community through its arts, hospitality, events, food, books, and gathering. Marjory Bankson in her editorial column addresses the […]

Detachment

Suddenly my summer garden has become lush and over-abundant. Nine-foot-high butterfly bushes bending with the weight of their purple blossoms, the late blooming hostas, towering jasmine vines, black-eyed Susans brightly appearing in new places, knockout roses in full bloom and still budding, and a veritable jungle of ferns. I go outside early for quiet time […]

Bread of Heaven

I sure miss in person communion. Jubilee is a very small worshipping community, six to ten people on any given Wednesday night. When we worship together it is an intimate experience, and like other Church of the Saviour communities, we serve communion to each other. For many years we’ve met at The Potter’s House. We […]