We send grace, peace, and love from Oklahoma City, where we’ve spent a couple of days with dear friends and their amazing children. We’re heading home later today via Indiana, where we will have a chance to help Carla’s niece move on Saturday morning. Thank you for your prayers and blessings for a restoring vacation;…
We started this part of our journey together nearly eight years ago, when I joined Pastor Steve and Hope as staff in Summer 2014. One of the first things I did was take a look at our Facebook page and select a Bible verse to convey a warm spiritual compass sentiment. We led with “rooted…
So the saying goes, and we probably would affirm. It’s not a radical proposition, but a deeply traditional one, that we need community and family. That there are times it is our duty to step in for others in need and do what has to be done to make a difference for and with them. …
So much is on my heart, for self and for you and for us and for this world… the bottom-line? Pray, pray, pray. Join us Sunday to hear and share more… Don’t forget this weekend is our benefit at 3:00 p.m., with the Silent Film Society. It will be a blast and we hope you…
This week is a fitting week to think about life’s fragility, about the call to not take a day for granted. As I rest (mostly) and strengthen for the days ahead, I am aware of how tired I am and the challenges we’ve been through in last couple weeks. I sure feel mortal. And I need…
On this Saturday, February 12th, we invite you to join our trustees for a “Labors of Love” morning. We’ll gather from 9am-11am to spend some time blessing our building (and one another) as we focus on a mix of light cleaning, moving, fixing things. We’ll be joined by some Cub Scouts and maybe other friends…
What does that mean? For me, it means any task I take up as an individual or as part of a community like Eden, where I am particularly AWARE of the significance of it. Maybe it’s because I am reminded of its part for the larger whole. Maybe it’s because I am able to name…
In a month of a near-miss asteroid, raining fish in Texas, Omicron everywhere, dreadful spikes in crime, disturbing social divisions and disheartening national politics… A few of our local neighborhood church leaders have crafted a vision for tomorrow’s ecumenical worship. We’ll meet at Trinity Lutheran, 5106 N LaCrosse AND BY ZOOM. * For prayer and…
I’ve always found those words so touching in their simplicity. When we sing them I feel I am lifting up a word of truth, a promise, AND a plea all at the same time. May God indeed be revealed in how we are present with each other, and in how we bear witness of grace…
Yesterday was Epiphany – the conclusion of Chistmastide and the celebration of the “revealing” of Jesus Christ. Stories of magi, the blessings of Simeon and Anna, his own baptism, and the Cana wedding miracle are some of the stories we treasure in these first weeks of each year. The stories of the Lord’s wisdom and…
