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. ...
Scott’s Column: Glad to Have a Village by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Sep 23, 2019 | NewsAccording to Wikipedia, "'It takes a village to raise a child' is an African proverb that means that an entire community of people must interact with children for those...
Stewardship Spotlight – Caretakers of the Way by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Sep 18, 2019 | NewsCaretakers of the Way Humans leave traces of connection. The British naturalist Robert MacFarlane has written “that once you begin to notice them, you see that...
