Scott’s Column: History by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Dec 5, 2019 | NewsOne of the goals I set for 2019 was to read more history. I began the year reading Svetlana Alexievich's The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World...
Scott’s Column: Sallie McFague by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Nov 18, 2019 | NewsOne of the great theologians of our time has died. Sallie McFague was Distinguished Theologian in Residence at Vancouver School of Theology after spending twenty years...
Katie’s Musings – Thoughts on the Gospel from North Carolina by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Nov 13, 2019 | NewsThis morning I was blessed to listen to Shane Claiborne preach the Gospel at #omcgreatgathering. And I was interested to see folks walk out.... presumably due to...
Katie’s Musings: Our Daily Bread by Katie Miller | Nov 5, 2019 | NewsThere’s a short list of movies I could (and have) watch over and over again and never tire of. Comforting movies, always there for you, to entertain and warm you, like...
An Interview With… Terry Beranek by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Oct 31, 2019 | Interview With . . ., NewsRecently, Ministry Support voted to officially make Terry Beranek our new Church Sexton. I sat down with him last Sunday to chat about what it means to take on this...
Scott’s Column: Our Church’s Wider Mission by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Oct 21, 2019 | NewsIn the last month our congregation participated in the National Trans Visibility March in Washington, D. C., an ecumenical trip to Venezuela to see the impact of...
An Interview With… Kerrie Kleppin-Winn by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Oct 9, 2019 | Interview With . . ., NewsScott: Thank you for taking on a new role as our Director of Information and Engagement. You’ve been helping with our communications for years, so what do you imagine...
Stewardship Spotlight – Warehouse or Wilderness by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Oct 8, 2019 | NewsIn an essay, “The Warehouse and Wilderness,” Scott Russell Sanders (A Conservationist Manifesto) compares two guiding but rival narratives. The one goes like this: “A...
Stewardship Spotlight – Subtraction, Not Addition, As The Way of Wisdom by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Oct 1, 2019 | News“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, subtract things every day.” Matthew May found this Chinese proverb on a Post-it note that had been...
Stewardship Spotlight – Manifesting the Image of God by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Sep 24, 2019 | NewsIn his book, Free of Charge, Miroslav Volf writes that there are two irresistible false images of God that we run between: God the negotiator and God the Santa Claus. ...