A Goat in Sheep’s Clothing
As the election season drags endlessly onward and the US seems ever more divided into groups that too often don’t even recognize one another as human beings who are deserving of love and compassion, it’s easy to think that I know exactly who is a sheep and who is a goat. Obviously, the ones who […]
A Long Time Coming
Because of the Inward/Outward publishing process, I am writing this reflection before election day. I don’t know whether there will be results by the time you read this, whether you are filled with rage and grief, or relief and grief — or whether we are all still waiting, suspended in anxiety for God knows how […]
What Do We Owe?
Every Friday at 5pm, about a dozen Seekers gather in front of our storefront church with our homemade signs to join the Black Lives Matter movement. Some hold signs that say VOTE NOW! Others hold BLM signs. Others say “Protect the Constitution” and “We Will Not Let This Drop.” Music from the civil rights movement […]
Preparing the Vineyard
Yearly recommitment is a Church of the Saviour tradition. It creates a period of questioning, of pruning away what doesn’t work, and attending to what does. It makes space for stepping out of a mission group or stepping into deeper commitment to the community, for examining our level of giving — and receiving. Consideration of […]
