Dear Friends, I hope that you are all have a nice weekend. Mine will be busy, with some fun activities, a memorial service for a friend, a vet visit with my dog, and a Sunday night football game. It is one of these weekends when just thinking about it makes me tired! Do you ever experience this? I subscribe to a legal news reporter named Chris Geidner (Law Dork). For context Chris is gay. He wrote about an event this week that reminded me of the importance of integrity in our

Hello friends, This weekend we celebrate All Saints Day. Some might think the word celebrate is too upbeat for such a solemn occasion as remembering our loved ones who have died. For the most part, I think this is a perfect word for remembering. The exception being when someone is in deep grief, they might not be in a place to celebrate. We could say commemorate the lives those who have died on All Saints Sunday. That feels appropriate. But still, to celebrate the impact that

Dear Friends, Happy Reformation weekend. No matter what is going on in the world around us, recognizing the Reformation provides us opportunity to be thankful for the ability to learn, grow, and change our thinking. Humility in what we think we know is a gift. Tomorrow is a special day for other reasons as well. First, Chelsea, Jaffa, and I will finish our long Holy Migration series by sharing our own insights. We invite you to share yours as well. Then we will accept new mem

Hello friends, This week I headed out to La Quinta for a gathering of pastors, deacons, and other church leaders. I always enjoy these events because they provide opportunity for some spiritual refreshment alongside learning. This time the refreshment was in the invitation to think about my relationships with God, others, the world, and myself as spiritual. Obviously, I think of my relationship with God as spiritual. But adding in all those other ways that I am in relationshi