Scott’s Column: Drumming by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Apr 16, 2018 | NewsBack in January 2017 the Long Range Planning Task Force held a brainstorming session for the congregation. Grant Switzer attended and shared one activity he wanted to...
Scott’s Column: Stephen Hawking by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Mar 19, 2018 | NewsTheoretical physicist and pop culture icon Stephen Hawking died last week. I read his popular book A Brief History of Time when I was in college. At the time I had a...
Scott’s Column: Food Stories by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Mar 12, 2018 | NewsFood Stories For the March gathering of the First Central Book Club, we read Michael W. Twitty’s The Cooking Gene. The book is both memoir and exploration of the...
Katie’s Musings: Mr. Rogers by Cassie Williams | Mar 9, 2018 | NewsI'm not a very frequent crier, but there are two things that are guaranteed to get to me: The part in the 7th Harry Potter Book where he’s about to go meet Voldemort...
Scott’s Column: Welcome Everyone? by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Feb 28, 2018 | NewsWelcome Everyone? Six years ago a young adult couple was meeting with me to discuss joining the church. They said, “Okay, many churches say they welcome everyone, but...
Katie’s Musings: Thoughts and Prayers by Cassie Williams | Feb 16, 2018 | NewsAnother day, another school shooting. That sounds callous. I don’t mean it to be. Apologies. It’s just that there have been eight shootings at US schools that have...
Scott’s Column: My Memoir by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Feb 7, 2018 | NewsIn late April 2005 I began posting my coming out story on my personal blog. After decades of being in the closet, I had only been publicly out as a gay man for a few...
Katie’s Musings: Color-by-Numbers by Cassie Williams | Feb 1, 2018 | NewsIt’s a color-by-numbers world out there. 2’s are red, 6’s a sky blue, 9 is goldenrod yellow, 11 is that weird shade of pale pukey green that always stays sharp as new...
Scott’s Column: Our Holidays by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Jan 15, 2018 | NewsOur Holidays “I’m not ready to be this old,” said my sister Kelli. It was New Year’s Day, the day before Mom’s surgery, and Mom had just spent an hour with the two of...
Katie’s Musings: Resolution by Cassie Williams | Jan 13, 2018 | NewsThis year, I am making one resolution. Just one. I am resolved to banish limiting language from my vocabulary. This fall, I've been profoundly impacted by the book...
