People who claim God’s point of view seem to be very anxious to uproot the others. And the good news is that is not our job.
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What a joy it was to worship in-person with you yesterday! Whether you worshipped with us in-person or via the livestream, it was a great day for our church!
This Sunday is our first in-person worship service since March! The Gathering will worship together outside on 5th St, right in front of the beautiful church towers.
“What is the greatest joy in life?” John asked me after soundly beating me during one of our annual games of racquetball. I figured it was a trick question, so I joked, “A double cheeseburger with a plate of onion rings and a beer?”
I once saw a sign that said, “The best time to plant a tree was 15 years ago. The second-best time is today.”
Right now, we find ourselves living with the world on fire and the hurricanes washing towns away. All around us, as the psalmist wrote, the “earth gives way, and the mountains fall into the sea.”
This Sunday, I am beginning a new series entitled, “Peace in the Broken: Living with the Question.” How might questions widen our faith in ways that connect us more deeply with our lives, with life around us, and with the very source of our being?
Putting your phone down is about more than just taking a step back, it’s about diving more deeply into who you are and what your soul needs right now.
Over the past few months, we have seen terrible images of the multiple crises in our nation and our world. We have also witnessed inspiring images of people living by the second General Rule — people doing good of every possible sort.
How people think about God is part of everyone’s worldview. Even with various views of God, or no god, each is a worldview and affects how we relate to each other in all our problems.