This is clearly a time of uncertainty. Reforms in institutions that were meant to make society better for all people are crumbling. Political offices that once held esteem are laughable. The economic system is designed so that wealthier keep getting …
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Andy Bachmann continues our theme, “By the Riverside.” We’ve got beautiful special music offering another perspective on the power of the rivers that we seek, and some more beautiful questions to consider as we dive deeper into a spirit-enriched life. …
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I don’t know about you, but some of the best school days ever were the days the scholastic book orders came home, do you remember these? I would get out a marker and start circling all the books that were …
Continue readingOur worship services have a new theme, “By the Riverside” and we’re going to kick off this theme with the inspiring and awesome music of the Hogtown Strutters and Andy Bachmann offers some thoughts on how we might find …
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Once the great theologian Marcus Borg wrote “I sympathize with clergy who preach about Easter to the same congregation for several years. Of course, you say what you think is most important the first time. So what do you say …
Continue readingOkay, I know you picked up on the fact that our subtle theme in this worship service is Call and our responses to it. And one of the ways we can respond to life’s call is to sign up on …
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Pray what you can, not what you can’t. That’s where we start. In our lifetimes we may experience many kinds of prayer – childhood prayers of thanks and good night, traditional prayers from scripture and from church liturgy, responsive prayers …
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With a Lenten theme of “Unplugged,” it just makes sense to discuss some slow food spirituality—slowing down…reconsidering food. Because, as Wendell Berry points out in more than one of his essays, “Eating is not just fueling up, it is an …
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March 17th is an important day for my family – 4 years ago today, a judge declared that Aiyana was our daughter and that we were officially a forever family. I remember lots of moments from that day – the …
Continue readingThis first Sunday of Lent, Andy Bachmann kicks off our new theme, “Unplugged.” Traditionally, these forty days and nights are OUR symbolic journey into the wilderness, meant to be a time of preparation for Easter Sunday. But what if we …
Continue readingOur worship theme, the Broad Way, has been very wonderful, hasn’t it? I want to say thanks to Wilfred Vermerris for his inspired bulletin cover, and to all the musicians, preachers, readers, and participants in each and every week of …
Continue readingWe continue our theme, “The Broad Way” with Andy Bachmann preaching about that Narrow Gate that Jesus says we’re supposed to try to squeeze through. Special music from Adam Hill and the musical, “Dear Evan Hansen” as well as a …
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