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I begin by admitting this E-pistle is derivative. It’s a reworking or reapplication of David Brooks’ recent column “Weavers,” which sort of surprises me. I mostly avoid reading Brooks as I find him usually muddled, and often infuriating. Actually, I often read him only when I want to...

Last Sunday afternoon, I got a message from one of our members who had been in church: “…Unsure if it came out of the lectionary or if you picked it yourself, but I really appreciated the reading from Corinthians today. ‘But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his...

“If we can’t as a congregation bear disagreement and tension — handle some discomfort — we’ll never do anything. Ok, maybe that’s an exaggeration. But if we cannot risk ruffling any feathers or upsetting any apple carts, our range is going to be awfully restricted...

We have an important conversation before us this Sunday after the budget and the elections at the Annual Meeting. It’s not to be a whole conversation we’re going to have, but the beginning, a good start, as we dive into a complicated relational situation about which people may have a...