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Year: 2013
Religious Exploration Blog – June 2013
A few months ago, Beth Ogilvie asked me to write up a short summary of how our religious exploration program for children and families incorporates issues of welcoming diversity and difference in our community. My response was: “well, that’s kinda of most of what our RE program does!” Beth was pulling together a report for … Continue reading Religious Exploration Blog – June 2013
Katie’s Bay View – What Shall I Read This Summer?
It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. -Oscar Wilde Here are some thoughts to get you going into your summer reading. I like to have a list each year—I’d love to know what’s on yours. Please share! … Continue reading Katie’s Bay View – What Shall I Read This Summer?
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Flaming Chalice MAY 2013 (Updated)
Religious Exploration Blog – May 2013
Our worship theme for May is “I’m Gonna Learn.” So, what have our children been learning? Well, you should probably ask them and hopefully there are a bunch of things they have been learning. But there is one lesson about which I feel particularly good, a lesson that social work Professor and researcher Brene Brown … Continue reading Religious Exploration Blog – May 2013
Interning – April Showers Bring May Flowers
April Showers Bring May Flowers What a topsy-turvy month was April! From dejection to relief, fearful hunkering down to resilient expansion—April swung our hearts and souls in dizzying turns. I look to May for a momentary pause from the disturbing events of last month. Right now, I am thinking of community, our congregation, and the … Continue reading Interning – April Showers Bring May Flowers
Katie’s Bay View – What They Dreamed Be Ours To Do
This first week in May marks 50 years from the Civil Rights Movement and in particular the Children’s Crusade of Birmingham, Alabama. This was a particular time of tireless work for Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders. The task was the vision of justice for African-Americans and the non-violent fight against hatred. It was … Continue reading Katie’s Bay View – What They Dreamed Be Ours To Do
Andy’s Flaming Chalice – May 2013
“May Day! May Day!” May Day (May 1st) always has a dreamy quality to me, but not because I was a red-diaper baby, nor did we have regular need of emergency assistance. It’s because I hold delightful memories of making little May-baskets with my mother and leaving them on neighbors’ and grandparents’ doorknobs, then ringing … Continue reading Andy’s Flaming Chalice – May 2013
A Saturday Kind of People
“Rebirth and renewal” is what one of children said when I asked what they thought about Easter during Sunday’s service. I was expecting things like “Easter Bunny,” “Flowers”, or “Candy.” This congregation is apparently doing an exceptionally good job teaching our children about meaning, life, and ritual! Rebirth and renewal are possible–out of the hardest … Continue reading A Saturday Kind of People
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