Ministry Matters - Don't build your life on sand | A path to belonging

What is the real difference between wisdom and folly? Don't build your life on sand by Aaron Perry   The ancients were wise when they named their gods—Mammon, Venus, Aphrodite, Jupiter, Mars, Kratos, and so on. The gods were rightly conceived as having personality and adeptly named because they held something that mere humans don't have but want: they seem able to ride the waves of the sea. We still speak names with reverence—or scorn—of those who have something that we wish we could have—of those surfers who ride the waves of the sea, if only for a time. Read here

What do you think makes a person feel welcomed? A path to belonging in review by Patricia Allen   Mary Kay DuChene and Mark Sundby’s A Path to Belonging: Overcoming Clergy Loneliness touches on a subject that clergy may hesitate to acknowledge, and congregations find difficult to comprehend. Their writing demonstrates a keen understanding of the unique dynamic of clergy and congregational relationships and the expectations associated with those relationships. Read here

How did a post-war culture of fear change the church's scriptural vision? Post-war fears, evangelicalism, and incompatibility by Wesley Bros Comics   This week, we find ourselves in post-World War II Jim Crow America. I am intentionally drawing predominantly white characters in the pages of this week’s comic to signify a significant push in American society to unify the country around the American dream for white families. Christianity in the West had become increasingly separated, not by denominations per say, but by a divide in biblical interpretation. Read here

Sycamore trees, the search for meaning, and this Sunday's sermon Resources for engaging children in worship this week

Making connections in worship this week

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