Exciting Revision to Wednesday Night Family Nights by Lizz Brennfoerder | Aug 30, 2023 | Education, Events, Mental HealthIn May we held a town hall meeting to discuss the current crisis in adolescent mental health. The event was very well attended and filled with lots of good ideas that...
Scott’s Column: Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Aug 17, 2023 | NewsLast week was the fiftieth anniversary of Hip-Hop. In his book Blue Note Preaching the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III, Senior Minister of Trinity UCC in Chicago, wrote: Now...
Scott’s Column: Passport to Exploration by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Aug 14, 2023 | NewsOn the final day of our recent family summer vacation, Sebastian and I visited Pipestone National Monument in southwest Minnesota. There's a short, easy trail that...
Scott’s Column: Resources for Living–Grief by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Jul 27, 2023 | News“For as one reweaves the fabric of one’s life after a loss, and as the thoughts around which one has defined one’s aims and aspirations change tense, one becomes to...
Scott’s Column: Resources for Living–Forgiveness by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Jul 20, 2023 | NewsI was listening to Leonard Cohen’s final album You Want It Darker and the moving second track “Treaty.” The lyrics of the refrain are: I wish there was a treaty we...
Scott’s Column: Resources for Living-Sex by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Jun 27, 2023 | NewsThe best book I've read on sex from a (liberal) Christian perspective is Good Christian Sex by UCC pastor Bromleigh McCleneghan. I met and befriended Bromleigh earlier...
Scott’s Column: Happy Pride! The Struggle Continues by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Jun 13, 2023 | NewsFor most of my pastorate I've been a regular contributor to the From the Pulpit feature in the Omaha World-Herald. When I was first invited to submit, we were asked to...
Scott’s Column: Pride Books for Kids by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | May 30, 2023 | NewsJoyce Wilson, who died in April, loved penguins. And her favorite children’s book was And Tango Makes Three which tells the real-life story of two male penguins at the...
Scott’s Column: Resources for Living–Mental Wellness by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | May 18, 2023 | Mental Health, NewsMay is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the United Church of Christ recognized Sunday, May 21 as Mental Health Sunday. In our worship, we used the liturgies they...
Scott’s Column: Resources for Living–Changing (Dis)Abilities by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | May 11, 2023 | NewsIn the first column for this series, I asked if there were any topics you all thought I should write about, and I’ve received one request so far stating, “I think that...
