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Anxious Dreaming

My dreams lately have all been about not measuring up, of being lost, or of having to pack and move. This is the season of clergy appointments and church transitions in the United Methodist world. While I have no intentions of moving this year and have made that clear...

Organizing Together

This fall our Parish began work with the Southeast Organizing Cohort. Our leadership has been through trainings like this several times now, most recently with the Parish Collective cultural lab program in late 2019. Our hope in joining this time was to have a chance...

State of the Parish

Every year I like to write about how things are going with the Parish.  Right now, nearly 2 years in to the pandemic, I would say we are holding steady.  We have hybrid worship in place and are continuing to refine and improve that practice. Attendance is holding...

When I Disappear

On Thursday I was working with Bill, our parish volunteer secretary/project manager/pastoral idea coordinator, to break into a locked cabinet. I wanted to get a different screw driver and told him I’d be right back. The next time Bill saw me was nearly 2 hours...