by Kent M French, December 24, 2025
Howard Thurman (1899-1981), Dean of Marsh Chapel and professor at Boston University School of Theology, is considered by many as the theologian of the Civil Rights Movement. He wrote: When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace among brothers, To make music in the heart. There is always a… Read More
by Amy Norton-Benfield, December 18, 2025
The fourth Sunday of Advent is upon us again, bringing us to the morning when we help re-tell the story of the first Christmas. Our Children’s Choir families have put together a pageant movie to help us we’ll hear the call of the angels, follow the star to Bethlehem, pay homage to the infant Christ, and return home by another way. Throughout the worship service, we’ll also be creating a giant, church-wide nativity scene, so we’re inviting each person to bring something to lend to the scene: a stuffed animal, a Lego person, a figure from a household nativity set,… Read More
by Matisse Peppet, December 11, 2025
This Advent, we ask the question: What do we fear? and reflect on what it means to insist on Hope in this moment in history. Earlier in Advent, we met Zechariah and Elizabeth – an older, childless couple whose long-held prayers were answered when an angel appeared to Zechariah and announced the coming birth of their son, John the Baptist. This week we hear another story of an angel foretelling a miraculous birth: the annunciation of Mary. But unlike Elizabeth, Mary hasn’t been praying for this. The news arrives unasked-for, out of nowhere. The idea of her having any child… Read More
by Kent M French, December 04, 2025
Advent 2025: What do we fear? Insisting on Hope this Advent This Advent, we ask the question: What do we fear? and reflect on what it means to insist on Hope in this moment in history. Last week, on the first Sunday of Advent, Amy reminded us that scripture readings in this season can be unsettling, scary even. We heard about Zechariah being frighteningly interrupted by an angel announcing that he and his equally aged wife would have a baby. That child would grow up to be prophet, living in the desert, wearing camel’s hair and eating locusts and wild… Read More
