by Carol Burns | Mar 13, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin “I’m doing the talking here.” That’s a classic power move in a contentious conversation. It is not the most effective tactic if you’re trying to deescalate a conflict. In a personal relationship, this is one of the few phrases...
by Carol Burns | Mar 6, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the war in Ukraine so far has been the public leadership of Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy during the invasion. President Zelenskyy quickly emerged as one of the most effective icons of...
by Carol Burns | Feb 27, 2022
Listen By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton I don’t know about you, but in the midst of a particularly disturbing, violent, chaotic week in the world, I’ve found myself asking a lot of questions: What is happening? Where is God? Who are we? – as...
by Carol Burns | Feb 20, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin What is the relatively insignificant hill that you are most willing to die on? It’s a question that bubbles up on social media from time to time, which is a little ironic, given just how much of social media is taken up on a daily basis...
by Carol Burns | Feb 13, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin It always amazes me how little a story requires in order to be told. There’s a whole genre of six-word stories, which are exactly what they sound like: an entire story told in just six words. Stories like, “Found true love;...
by Carol Burns | Feb 6, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin This week the sermon title is “Throwing Jesus Away,” which comes from how our Scripture lesson for today ends, with an angry mob trying to throw Jesus off a cliff outside of Nazareth to his death on the rocks far below in the...
