In Farewells and Welcomes Love endures

Wednesday night, Gayle graciously allowed me to sit in on her final choir practice. She required that I actually sing and sit according to the seating chart; I did. The yellow laminated placeholder read “surprise guest”.  You could feel love, community, and harmony filling the room; grace was palpable. Today, our community stands at the […]

Presence: Christianity arrives in community

If you had the hubris to write a book filled with everything people need to know about God, how might you organize it?   Would you open such a Bible with a chapter of definitions and terms? Would you organize your chapters with titles like “how worship feeds our souls” or “dealing with oppression, evil […]