Carving Out Time: Entering into the Holy
Time flies; I feel it more than ever as I have gotten older. When I was a kid, days, weeks and months seemed to last forever. The school year was
Continue readingHolding Space and Sabbatical
Experiences in other worship settings and even secular locations prompt me to wonder how communities create and hold sacred space, and transitional spaces. This is the organizing principle of sabbatical
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Sabbatical
Sabbatical is a time to lie fallow, not be too concerned with producing results. For pastors, it is a time in which one can step away from the daily demands
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Why are we explicit? In our welcome….
Because there are people who are explicit in their hating. When I was 14, I had a crush on a boy in school: old story. What was unusual was his
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Lent – It’s Not About Giving Up
When I was in elementary school, around this time of year, I remember friends of mine would suddenly say at lunch, “Oh I can’t eat that; I gave it up
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