Glimpses of Hope – December 2
This Sunday the choir sings, I Wonder as I Wander, a mysterious weaving of “poor orn’ry people like you and like me” with our “stone hearts,” reaching toward the aching hope of the “light of heaven,” Emmanuel. This arrangement’s dissonant and ethereal tones echo the...
Glimpses of Hope – December 1
This Sunday the choir sings, I Wonder as I Wander, a mysterious weaving of “poor orn’ry people like you and like me” with our “stone hearts,” reaching toward the aching hope of the “light of heaven,” Emmanuel. This arrangement’s dissonant and ethereal tones echo the...
Senate Bill 3 (and The Love that Saves Us)
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal… These words inscribed into the Declaration of Independence reveal a building block of democracy: the equality of all people. When those words were written, however, there was much that was not...
Why I Am An Ally
One August morning in 2004, after three devastating miscarriages and a complicated pregnancy requiring four hospitalizations and home healthcare, our daughter Jenna was born. I remember my exact words the first time someone placed her in my arms: “Thank you, God, for...