Reclaiming the Power of Lament Rev. Dr. Yme Woensdregt Last week, I wrote that life is going to hurt. There are so many ways in which we try to deny […]
February 26, 2017 sermon
From Epiphany to Lent Today is Transfiguration Sunday. So what? It’s hard to know what to do with Transfiguration Sunday. It’s not as if it’s a common word in our […]
February 17, 2017 column
Life is going to Hurt … Don’t Panic Rev. Yme Woensdregt Recently, I came across a quote from Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst: “Neurosis is the avoidance of […]
February 19, 2017 sermon
To Be Church It’s tough to be the church these days. Financially, most churches are living on the edge. Attendance is shrinking, and those that do show up mostly have […]
February 12, 2017 sermon
The Good Life Judith Viorst is an American writer and journalist. In her book How Did I Get to be Forty and Other Atrocities, she writes the following poem: I’ve […]
February 10, 2017 column
Five Habits of the Heart Rev. Yme Woensdregt Parker Palmer has been an inspiration to me ever since I first heard his name and read some of his writings. The […]
February 03, 2017 column
Living Together in Hope Rev. Yme Woensdregt (I am grateful for Louise Penny’s blog, which sparked these thoughts, and which also provided some of the language I use.) Oh dear […]
February 05, 2017 sermon
Our Weakness, God’s Strength Last week, we thought together about the theology of the cross. For Paul, the cross captures everything we need to know about who Jesus is, and […]