Musings on Faith, Culture and ADHD
Dear Friends and Family of First Christian Church of St. Paul: Last week in the immediate aftermath of the killing of George Floyd I decided to go for a walk. We live in North Minneapolis. It was a nice sunny day, perfect day for a walk. "Be careful," my husband Daniel said as I left.... Continue Reading →
Race relations are better than they were 60 years ago. Ahmaud Arbery reminds us all there is still more to be done to combat racism.
How important is going to church for you? What would you do to be able to go to worship? Would you kill someone for it? Christian worship is a big deal. At our last in-person gathering on March 11 which happened to be a Bible Study, we learned about why going to church matters. In... Continue Reading →
Since there isn't a lot to do in these days of COVID, my husband Daniel and I went for a walk Sunday. We walked up and down one of Minneapolis' many parkways. We were walking back towards our car and past a number of houses on the parkway. Maybe a block or two from our... Continue Reading →
It's not the end of the world, but the end a world. It's the end of the world we used to know and it feels like...death. We are buried.
Maybe as Christians we need to start engaging and changing the nature of social media instead of letting it change us.
This is an update of a sermon I wrote in 2014 on suburban ministry.
This morning, a visitor showed up for worship. During the passing of the peace, I came over and introduced myself. By the time the sermon began, the visitor was gone. I realized how he talked about church made me think he was planning to worship with the church that rents out space with us, which... Continue Reading →
What are we including and why? Why are we being inclusive? What are we being inclusive for?
This week there were a two examples of what faith in the public square should look like and they happen to be bipartisan.
The Clockwork Pastor 