Dear People of Grace, I love Lent. I look forward to it each year, because I think sometimes we need permission to be a bit more intentional in our practice of faith. It is so easy to slide into some sort of normal routine where we become less and less...
or The Dynamic of Subtle Energies in the Transfiguration How, in our heart and souls, do we imagine God as being Light? Our texts, sages, mystics, and saints describe an Uncreated Light that infuses all of existence, a current of energy that sparks life around us and within us....
Sunday Forum Our Sunday Forum conversation on civil discourse continues this Sunday, March 3. We will connect the pieces we have explored, from Thomas Keating's reflections, to the Welcoming Practice with Cynthia Bourgeault and others, to Howard Thurman, and Don's experiences. These are vital conversations for us to explore together...
The next time you worry that there’s something wrong with your family, I encourage you to break out the book of Genesis and read the story of the worst family ever, the Jacob saga. A quick recap of Jacob’s story is necessary so that Joseph’s story makes sense. This is,...
New Class for Parents: Loving Your Kids on Purpose! Join Callie and Kevin Flack as they lead a new class for parents based on Danny Silk's Loving your Kids on Purpose. We'll learn more together about how to bring the principles of the Kingdom of God into our strategies as...
This morning, I hope to approach my sermon in a slightly different way. I want to explore a particular theological reflection with you, a way to engage the text itself that demonstrates the opportunity we have to be transformed by the words we read—the Word we encounter—rather than use our...
When I was a kid, we would take a family vacation to the beach each Summer, and while I didn’t care for sand, I loved swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. While the others would lay out to “get some sun,” I would take my goggles and swim out into...