Ending executions in Ohio
We are one of 85 faith communities in Ohio participating in Death Penalty Abolition Week. Yesterday was the 40-year anniversary of Ohio’s reinstatement of executions. To mark this Ohioans To Stop Executions organized over 100 folks to meet with state lawmakers urging them to pass HB 183 and SB 103,…
Feeling With Images
By: Phil Yoder The other month, when meeting with my spiritual director, I was struggling to articulate my feelings around God (and God’s absence). She pulled out a collection of pastels and asked me to draw them. Draw them? When it comes to the arts, I generally consider myself a…
Worship that Surprises
Our current worship theme focusing on the new hymnal and questions about the very nature of worship has me reflecting on some of my own worship experiences. For this week’s blog, I thought I’d share an experience that was especially meaningful to me, and I’d love to hear from you…
VT 1042 = 1235
This Sunday we will begin a seven-week worship series called “Voices Together and the Worlds Worship Creates.” Here is an article I recently wrote for Anabaptist World magazine related to this: This fall our congregation plans to do a worship series in which we take a closer look at our…
Neighbors
Yesterday was our monthly all-staff meeting at the church. This includes the four of us who meet weekly (Gwen, Mark, Mim, and me), along with our building manager Jeff D, accountant Ellen K, and custodian Elizabeth C (her husband Kevin is also a custodian but works at a school during…
