by Carol Burns | Jul 23, 2021
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. LINDSEY ALTVATER CLIFTON:Easing into God’s abiding presence Dear ones, The texts and Good Word for Sunday point us toward Enough: as in there is enough, God is enough. It is an invitation to a shift from scarcity to abundance, a shift from the...
by Carol Burns | Jul 22, 2021
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: LIFELONG EDUCATION IS CRUCIAL If I had kept a list of all the things that I’ve needed to know something about in the practice of ministry that I did NOT learn in seminary, it would be a pretty unusual list. There are some obvious...
by Carol Burns | Jul 22, 2021
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. LINDSEY ALTVATER CLIFTON: Where do you find peace? Dear ones, While I’m still adjusting to life here in the Lehigh Valley, my first four months here have introduced me to three of our four seasons: when I arrived in late February, it was still...
by Carol Burns | Jul 18, 2021
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin “I ask you for justice.” That sounds like a prayer, a desperate petition for justice from someone who has been wronged, has exhausted all the worldly options for redress, and now has nowhere else to turn but to pray for some kind of...
by Carol Burns | Jul 2, 2021
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: IN PERSON COMMUNION PROTOCOLS We sometimes overlook how important language and narrative is in shaping our outlook, expectations, and understandings in the world. The language we use, and the way that we use it, can have an...
