Worship was tempered with the events from Friday in Virginia Beach, and the emotion of the violence perpetrated found its way into our worship. While it would be easy to rail at gun violence our scripture helps shine a light on the underlying condition which leads to violence and mistrust. Paul, in the Acts of […]
In worship today was a day we heard human stories: Nathan taking David to task, which led to David’s contrition and restoration; the reflection that all sin and that God alone can remove the sin and restore to relationship. But most importantly, we heard about building unity in creation – using the gifts given by […]
As we bring the Easter season to a close we listened to God’s and Jesus’ prayer for humanity and believers: that we will experience God’s glory and be united in God. As we reflect on the call from God we might wonder how to be united – especially given our (necessary) diversity. Jesus gives us […]