by Carol Burns | Sep 24, 2023
“Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.” Every good superhero has at least one signature catchphrase. Batman’s “I’m Batman,” is about as simple as you can get, but it’s surprisingly effective at intimidating bad guys who are desperately hoping they...
by Carol Burns | Sep 22, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS As we hope you know, the Session and Trustees began an intensive season of mission discernment for our congregation with a joint retreat about ten months ago. That retreat focused on examining the kinds of...
by Carol Burns | Sep 17, 2023
Rusty stood glowering at my brother and sister-in-law across the yard. It was a bright, sunny day in Kentucky where they had driven from Atlanta to visit a breeder of Great Danes that they had connected with online. When my brother Gill married Annie, it wasn’t in...
by Carol Burns | Sep 15, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: GOOD ENOUGH Kate Bowler is a professor of the history of North American Christianity at Duke Divinity School, having studied at both Duke and Yale University first. She is a person, in other words, of considerable accomplishment,...
by Carol Burns | Sep 10, 2023
About a month ago, I attended the Opening Convocation ceremony at Georgetown University, where my son Liam has begun his first year, and which was the last moment to which parents were welcome as part of the First-Year Orientation. Most universities have an Opening...
