Our spiritual theme for September is Welcome. Every year when the church's program year begins again, the energy shifts. This year is no different, although the energy is different. On the other side of sinkholes and the worst parts of...

August 1 begins our fourth year together in ministry. It's wild to think about all that has happened in these last three years, both within the congregation and in the wider world. I've spent lots of time resting and cross-stitching....

As always, General Assembly was a lot of hard work, with the joy of being together and the challenges of being together. Because I was working it, I didn't get to enjoy all of the workshops and events, but the...

The spiritual theme for May is creativity, and I've been joking about the irony of that after having planned services for nine months already, the creativity well is getting a little dry over here! A colleague suggested leaning into what...

The spiritual theme for June is delight, and I notice with this theme something I have noticed many times before since moving to Florida. It is harder to choose hymns here than it was in NE Ohio -- some hymns...

Where does resistance show up in your life? In your relationships? In your relationships and understanding of church? How do you honor resistance or know when it needs to be overcome? What purpose and meaning does resistance have for you...

While many would say vulnerability is a state, I would say that it's a practice and even a value. Vulnerability is about tenderness and letting one's truest self be witnessed, even held, by another. This month's theme touches on the...

February's theme is what I have been thinking to myself is the very uninspired Love. But, as happens every month, as we get closer, I begin to play with ideas in my mind to make it more interesting. What if...?...

The spiritual theme for January is "Finding Our Center," which we will be exploring in more depth together in worship on January 8, and which I've been reflecting on. That idea of balance is one part of our center that,...

The word of the month is "Wonder". Changes in leadership for our Social Justice Council have led us to have a congregation- wide conversation about what social justice means to this congregation, and what it wants to do. The well-attended...