I spent this past weekend getting waterlogged and dried out in a tent with my daughter. For many, this is the kind of typical summer activity: camping. This is no ordinary camping trip. We were attending the 6th Annual Wild Goose Festival in Hot Springs, NC, a small resort town in the mountains …
We’re trying a couple of new things
1) A new seating area! Two Sundays ago, we moved our coffee hour to the Cloister Room, a more intimate space toward the front of our building. The Great Hall was already prepared for a Mother's Day brunch and we certainly couldn't cancel our coffee hour! Those of us who sat in the comfortable …
One way a church must be political
We often define the word politics too narrowly. In our daily usage, we often make politics stand in for arguing cronyism control Machiavellian manipulation ideology political parties advocacy particular legislation particular candidates for office We can mean any of these …