The wedding was held in Maine: A destination wedding at a lodge with cabins. More than 65 people gathered to celebrate the nuptials, even though the limit in the state of Maine is currently 50 maximum for public gatherings. The owner of the facility insisted they followed required protocols. Contract
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For 38 years we’ve been hiking the trails in and around Lee Vining, CA. Some of the trails we hike every year multiple times; there is familiarity with the surroundings and a comfort in returning to places that bring delight and joy. How is it that after all these years
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Sunday’s Sermon from July 19, 2020, revamped for the Caller Exodus 13:17-22 The Israelites were dislocated from every routine, every familiarity in which they found identity and a sense of belonging. We are in a time and space, a world experience, in which we are dislocated from all the little
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It is said that starting with gratitude is a good way to find joy and happiness in one’s life consistently. What can we be grateful for during a pandemic? I, for one, am grateful for the capacity you are developing as a congregation to be more nimble in order to
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The words, “You can’t reinvent the past,” were spoken in my hearing recently. It was in reference to a monastic community that was expelled from a country and tried to re-form itself in another country. It learned that it couldn’t just re-invent what they were; they had to become something
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