foreside Scripture: Genesis 21:8-21In Genesis, we are told a complicated story of the sons of Abraham. As Ishmael and his mother, Hagar, are cast out, God hears their pleas. What wholeness is waiting for us as we begin to imagine the prayer lives of people outside our own tradition, and that God hears the deep needs … Read more
Scripture: Philippians 4:4-9, Luke 2: 10-11 The Rev. Charles Erb brings a word on the joy God invites us into on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of his ordination.
Scripture: Acts 2:41-47The Rev. Susan Gilpin preaches on a day when Kristen and Audrey Farnham also present on their recent trip to and work in Guatemala with From Houses to Homes. In Acts, as the early church begins to spread far and wide, it is the generosity of the Holy Spirit which marks them. Today, … Read more
Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20As we bless graduates on their next adventures, Jesus sends out his beloved disciples to baptize in the name of what we now call the Trinity. But what he, and we, may be hoping we share is not a particular name of God, but the unending activity of God: loving, communicating, and connecting.
Scripture: Acts 2:1-21In a time when Empire defined the language and story that was central, Jesus’s followers discovery that the Holy Spirit arrives to help them tell and understand the wonders that God was working in their lives in their own words and ways… How do we, following in this holy way, make sure that … Read more