Scott’s Column: The Consolations of Poetry by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Dec 31, 2020 | NewsI encountered my slogan for the year 2020 in the Selected Poems and Prose of Paul Celan: This cracked year with its rotting crust of madnessbread. Back in March,...
Advent – Guest Columnist, Fred Nielsen by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Dec 9, 2020 | AdventThis the first real Advent of my life. There were other Advent seasons, of course, all of them arriving precisely on schedule according to the liturgical calendar, all...
Scott’s Column: Gratitude by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Nov 18, 2020 | NewsMy sister ordered Sebastian an Advent calendar. He knows it has arrived but hasn't seen it yet. The other day he asked what day he could open it up and begin opening...
Scott’s Column: Mayflower Compact by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Nov 11, 2020 | NewsOn November 11, 1620 the Mayflower floated in Provincetown Harbor (the landing at Plymouth was a month away). The crew was grumbling. The voyage had been delayed,...
An Interview With… Barb & Bonnie by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Oct 28, 2020 | Interview With . . .Long time finance guru, Lou Lamberty recently stepped down from keeping the books at First Central. He left it all in the very capable hands of Barb Switzer and Bonnie...
Advent Devotionals by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Oct 22, 2020 | EventsAdvent approaches. Already. In honor of the season (and what will likely be a weird season at that) and our upcoming Advent Series, “A New World,” we are putting...
Katie’s Musings – But/And by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Oct 14, 2020 | katie's musingsI’ve been thinking a lot about language and the way we use it to talk about life and each other and about God, particularly in the present covid/election/world-on-fire...
Tug, My “AA” Buddy by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Oct 7, 2020 | Events, NewsThank you Kathy Hoyt sharing this story of her faithful Tug at this year's Pet Blessing! Unlike the rest of us, Tug is getting older. He’s not the same one or...
Scott’s Column: Sandhills Retreat by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Sep 28, 2020 | NewsShortly after I arrived at Kamp Kaleo last week, our denomination’s campground and retreat center in Burwell, Nebraska, David Butz, the director, asked if I wanted to...
An Interview With… Lou Lamberty by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Sep 2, 2020 | Interview With . . .Lou, our acting financial aficionado for years, is hanging up his clipboard after nearly two decades on the job. Before he officially retires, we thought we’d ask him a...
