Bible study time
What does Jesus’ lament over the city of Jerusalem in Luke 13:31-35 have to do with racial relations in the US? What does Jesus’ wilderness temptations in Luke 4 have to do with white privilege? How does the prophet Isaiah’s proclamation that God is “about to do a new…
Constructing a New Masculinity
Last Monday I had the opportunity to attend the gathering of Central Ohioans for Peace where the topic for the evening was a documentary called The Mask You Live In. This documentary explores how young men and boys struggle to navigate a very narrow definition of masculinity that is forced…
2015 Review
2015 is gone, but it’s worth remembering where we’ve been and what we’ve done in the past year. With fear and trembling that I may be leaving out something crucial, here are some of the highlights from the year, roughly in chronological order. Many of these events happen every year…
Welcome the Christ
On the cusp on another Christmas, we pray that the peace of Christ be known in our hearts and in our world. This past Sunday we ended our worship with a congregational selfie, a.k.a., taking a family picture. It makes for a nice Christmas greeting card, but was also a…
Sing for life
This past Sunday was one of the high-holy days of the year at CMC – Music Sunday of the Advent/Christmas season. Children began the service with a sampling of music they had shared the night before for the Christmas play, the choir sang the songs they carefully rehearsed this…
