Oct 17, 2019
Beloved Friends – I am someone who loves books, and as a result I seem to have collected more than my fair share over the years. Each time I have to move I find myself wondering if I shouldn’t pare down and “thin out” my collection. Sometimes I do a bit, but...
Oct 10, 2019
Beloved Friends- This Sunday when we gather, we will hear a gospel lesson from Luke that always reminds me of a part of my childhood I dreaded a couple times a year; the dreaded thank you notes ritual following either Christmas or a birthday. It’s not that I was ever...
Oct 2, 2019
Beloved Friends- Today, October 4th, is the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi. Francis astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel literally—not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually following all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without...
Sep 25, 2019
Beloved friends- The words below resonate with profound depth and meaning for me as I sit down to write today. They come from Jean Vanier, Founder of the beautiful L’Arche community- a collection of 150 houses of men and women with or without an intellectual...
Sep 19, 2019
Beloved Friends, There is a growing canon of research material focused on church growth and development. And while there seem to be as many opinions on the subject as there are authors, there are some common themes and criteria I believe are helpful articulating...
Sep 12, 2019
Beloved Friends- Recently we published a new brochure highlighting Music and the Arts at Trinity. Our Director of Music and the Arts, Nate Leonard, did a fantastic job reflecting a wonderful collection of voices from our community sharing the role music plays in our...
