by Cindy Courtney | Jun 19, 2018 | Minister Notes
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them – yet you have made them a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and...
by Cindy Courtney | Feb 15, 2018 | Minister Notes
A Lenten Challenge Lauren Winner teaches at Duke Divinity School and published her book on faith crisis, Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis (HarperOne, 2012). She has written about Lent: “We will try to go with Jesus into the desert, to devote ourselves…. To...
by Melissa Clark | Jan 19, 2018 | Minister Notes
Do you ever dream that you can’t find your place? A friend tells of dreaming a version of this same dream night after night. In his dream, he is the official representative at an important gathering. But as he arrives the ceremonies are already in progress. He looks...
by Melissa Clark | Dec 15, 2017 | Minister Notes
At this time each year, we are asked to pledge what we might give the church over the ensuing year. As we consider our commitment, we are forced to prioritize our philanthropy (and perhaps our life’s mission) in both broad terms, as well as in dollars and cents....
