Beloved – Last Sunday, Jon Crawford proclaimed the good news that God’s justice and mercy are not in opposition to each other. They’re not in tension or opposite sides of the same coin. We’re often tempted to believe that a situation requires either justice or mercy. In…
Pursuing Faithful Presence Together
Friends, Do you ever find yourself wondering what it is we are doing together at this thing we call church? It’s likely that many of us find ourselves at The Table for different reasons. Maybe we were raised in church and so Sunday morning has been a…
Life in the Divine
Church, Part of the good news this past Sunday came from our Acts passage (17:22-34). Verse 28 says, “In Him (God) we live and move and have our being.” What does it mean for us to live and move and have our being in the Divine? In my…
A Resurrection Way of Life
Beloved – This past Sunday we heard the good news proclaimed that resurrection is not just for after death, but resurrection life available to us now — Jesus is inviting us into a life defined by love and rendering justice. Near the conclusion of the…
The Roots of Our Restlessness
Dear Church, This week, Ben, Matt, and I joined the rest of the clergy in our diocese for the annual Clergy Conference. This year, in lieu of a rigorous time of training or formation, the focus was on rest. As a result, it was more…
Abundance in the Desolate Place
This past Sunday, our Gospel passage recounted Jesus’ feeding of the five thousand (Matthew 14:13-21). This story of miraculous provision is so well-known throughout our culture that one need not attend church or identify as Christian to recall at least the loose details — the…
Getting a Little Lost Along the Way
This past Sunday as we worshiped together, I was blown away by the beauty of what God is doing at The Table. It was one of those eye opening moments for me where God widens my perspective to more fully be aware of God’s work…
Place and Promise in Advent
Sisters and Brothers, As we move through the season of Advent, we hold Christ’s first advent in conversation with his second. We anticipate the celebration of Christ’s birth in Christmastide, but we are also surrounded by a world that is longing for Christ’s return. This…
Readying Ourselves For Advent
This coming Sunday (Nov 20) is the Feast of Christ the King, the final Sunday of the liturgical year. On the following Sunday (Nov 27) we will begin the new liturgical year with the First Sunday of Advent. In many ways, it feels as if…
Your Place at the Table is Settled
Dear church, In the sermon this past Sunday, we heard good news about our acceptance at the table of the Lord being a settled issue. You don’t have to fight for your place in the kingdom or strategize how to be last now so that you can…
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