Good morning Pilgrims, I write you during our July installment of a worship team break….
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Pilgrims,
I've been reminiscing as we approach the 4th, and have been holding in my heart one of the ways Lanny and I learned to celebrate this day while living in DC. When we first moved there, we learned of, and joined, those who gathered on the front lawn for a Capitol 4th, with star-studded entertainers, a spectacular symphony-- the 1812 Overture always ushering in a sky-filled explosion of fireworks. The night filled my heart at being a part of this American experiment…..
….What I have been hearing from you is that we need beloved community more than ever, if only to nourish and nurture our weary, worried souls. In that, we are planning accordingly...and carefully, so as to enrich and not deplete…..
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Thank you Danny and Nick for a wonderful concert!
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Hi Pilgrims,
I write you four days into your staff's collective break. We thank you for allowing us to re-energize this week. Its been an intense four months building the plane as we fly it, so we are grateful for a respite…..
How are you feeling this week? Where are your hearts and heads amidst the swirling?….
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Pilgrims,
Where do we find words to name the moment in which our nation and our world stand. For the past two Sundays I have used the eagle’s wings of God’s Word in the hopes that I help us grope together through the complexities of this horror……
Disrupt the current systems by refusing to accept indifference
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caring for creation is one of the ways we celebrate God's presence in the world.
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Pilgrims,
Our hearts hurt so through the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, as we tragically mark today its 100,000 death in the United States. How might we lament for each and every life lost? ….
Faithfully Our Hearts Are Open
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Pilgrims,
Thank all of you who reached out with such kindness after Zoom froze us out of worshipping together last Sunday. If you want to experience how we felt in the sanctuary watch this.Thank you Ellen Metcalf for gifting me with a much needed laugh :)…..
Pilgrims,
I have been in a lot of meetings this week about how Communities of Faith might safely open for on campus, in person worship ….
And with the fog of the pandemic around us it was a little pocket of hope
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Pilgrims,
Last week, in the "Sunday links" section, I asked a series of questions to help shape our path forward. I confused many with my lack of clarity. My apology. The links were for Sunday's materials, not for a "survey" of questions. I was hoping for a free form answering of the following questions.... on how you experience worship these days…..
Pilgrims,
Last week I invited us to devote the month of May to thinking, praying, talking, acting...individually and collectively... to heal our planet. Please read this NL article as me trying to start a Pilgrim conversation…..
During worship on April 26, we said goodbye and farewell to Camille Pederson, who has been our ministerial intern this year. The congregation thanked her and offered encouragement….
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I know you will be reading this message after the actual 50th anniversary celebration on April 22, but that is when I am writing this to you. How did you mark Earth Day in the midst of stay-at-home orders because of the pandemic?….
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Pilgrims,
Well, we made it! We made it through a very different Holy Week and Easter, with all its unexpected emptiness. We gathered in the glow of resurrection light, not totally knowing what it all means…..