Category Worship

Weekly Encouragement: An American Easter

“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Following up from last week’s post, I want to reflect today on the second Lenten discipline that I recently completed: the careful…

Weekly Encouragement: What Makes Up a City of God?

Weekly Encouragement “That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Our Lenten Series, City of God, concluded last week. Each of our guest preachers gave us new perceptions about what…

Weekly Encouragement: How Much We Share

“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12   Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, We have now heard from our interfaith Lenten Series preachers, Imam Ammar Amonette and Rabbi Michael Knopf. If you missed hearing…

Weekly Encouragement: “Looking” and “Seeing”

“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Last Wednesday our Lenten Series preacher, The Rev. Dr. John Kinney, invited us to “Look Again.” Looking again at something we’ve looked…

Weekly Encouragement: Counting All Costs

“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, One day last week I chose to ride the bus to church. I’d ridden GRTC before, but never taken it to commute…

Weekly Encouragement: “Happy Shrove Tuesday?”

“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Happy Mardi Gras! Yet, it doesn’t sound right to say “Happy Shrove Tuesday,” does it? To “shrive” is to present oneself to…