Cultivating Space

Last Sunday, we heard the story of Jesus’s most famous miracle, his walking on the water. I believe that biblical truth resonates on many different levels. Considered from a metaphorical and spiritual standpoint, how it was that Jesus might have been able to...

On Resurrection

We have been having a lot of funerals at Grace lately. The prayer we say at burial begins, “In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life we commend N to God and commit their body to the ground…”   These words have...

Annual meeting Recap

Dear Ones, We had a wonderful Annual Meeting, or as I like to call it, “annual celebration” on Sunday. I hope you will take the time to read the Annual Report which contains so much good news about how we have reconnected with God and one another in 2022 and...

Thank you for filling your house, Lord!

Dear Ones,  What a glorious weekend it was! Saturday evening’s “Hello/Goodbye” party felt truly magical, and I realized that not only are we celebrating being together again after a four-month sabbatical, we are really still rejoicing (marveling?) over our...

Reconnect & Renew

Dear Ones, I am joyfully anticipating being with you all anew this coming Sunday, September 11! Four months is a long time. You have been in my prayers and in my heart, and I have heard through Bishop Alan that it has been a wonderful, renewing sabbatical...