by Carol Burns | Jan 14, 2022
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: WATCHING FOR THE MORNING Earlier this week I saw an article online that bore the rather startling headline, “Every Parent I Know Wants to Walk Into the Sea Right Now.” That’s obviously an emotional rather than a factual...
by Carol Burns | Jan 9, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin As many of you know, international travel has been a passion of mine throughout my entire adult life, and I have both worked hard and been fortunate enough to have seen many parts of the world at this, including significant...
by Carol Burns | Jan 7, 2022
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN:IMPORTANT CHANGES IN PROTOCOLS Friends, I had hoped to spend this article talking all about celebrating Epiphany this Sunday and our first experiment with “Star Words,” which is an increasingly popular practice in many churches of...
by Carol Burns | Dec 26, 2021
LISTEN By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton Last Sunday, we celebrated the gifts of Mary and her courageous, prophetic song of praise, the Magnificat. We considered with awe and wonder her “yes” to bearing God’s love for the world in spite of all the...
by Carol Burns | Dec 24, 2021
By The Rev. J.C. Austin “The baby is coming.” There probably are other combinations of four words that approach the level of urgency that that phrase generates, but not many, and I can’t think of them. It’s why giving birth is such a go-to for television and...
