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Scott’s Column: Drumming
Back 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: Food Stories
Food 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...
Scott’s Column: Welcome Everyone?
Welcome 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...
Scott’s Column: My Memoir
In 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...
Scott’s Column: Our Holidays
Our 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...
Scott’s Column: Stephen Hawking
Theoretical 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...
Katie’s Musings: Mr. Rogers
I'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...
Katie’s Musings: Thoughts and Prayers
Another 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...
Katie’s Musings: Color-by-Numbers
It’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...
Katie’s Musings: Resolution
This 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...