Beloved Friends, What a difference a song makes. It was a cold night in Philadelphia in 1985 when I decided to go hear a folksinger named Fred Small. I don’t remember too much about the performance, other than a song he sang near the end of the evening, called...
Beloved Friends- Today I am thinking about a beautiful word from the Akan (West African) tribe in Ghana- Sankofa. The literal translation of the word is “it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.” The word can be broken down into these pieces: SAN...
Beloved Friends- This Sunday, both at Trinity@Home and Trinity@316 services we will begin a kind of biblical mini-series with 3 weeks in which we will hear Jesus offering parables. Parables must have been one of his favorite ways to teach—he used them a lot. By...
Beloved Friends-As I sit down to write to you this week the words of one of my favorite Mary Oliver poems comes to me: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Lately, I have been reminded of the deep wisdom and truth that...
Beloved Friends- Happy almost 4th of July! To be honest, this holiday in which we commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, is one that always comes with mixed emotions for me, but this year even more so and leaves me...
Beloved Friends, Being a disciple, a follower of Christ is hard much of the time. This is simply the truth. And this Sunday, when we hear the gospel, we will be reminded of this truth. Our gospel text for Sunday comes from the 10th chapter of Matthew in which Jesus...
