Has your church thought about possible violence in your building and how to prevent it? Is it possible to be completely safe? How far should security rule community life?
Mt Airy (basis for the fictional Mayberry) gets creative with faith communities and meeting spaces.
John 6: 1-21 In a world starving for fulfilment, Jesus sets a table of love every day. Yet the bread of life is passed over
Accepting the notion that God made us who we are for a divine purpose–even in the times we chafe under our own insecurities about ourselves and our behaviors–and putting the focus on God, rather than us, can bring surprising results.
Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56 Picture this: It’s February 1964. Traffic in Mid-town Manhattan is an epic nightmare. Police are manning the barricades. And an army
Sometimes procrastination is a sign that I have hit the limit of my skills. I want the finished piece to be better than I can make it. However, perfect is the enemy of good. I am never going to make anything that is perfect.
The Revds. Winnie Varghese and C. Eric Funston express their disappointment in the lack of discussion allowed or action taken by General Convention 2015 on Israel/Palestine.
Mark 5:25-34 In the first century there was a woman in Jerusalem named Berenice. She had a hemorrhage of blood, probably what we call menorrhagia. Mennorrhagia
Regular hours of prayer, work, worship and rest, moderation in all things, hospitality to all, obedience, humility and charity — these were the building blocks Benedict left for the future generations to use.
“The tragedy of our country today is that most of us do not believe that we are loved by God—not really. If we do think so, we don’t think so emotionally. Consequently our much-vaunted individualism is selfish instead of selfless. Rather than accepting our value as a gift, we think we have to prove it.”