We are called to stay engaged. Called by what, you say? By whom? By our shared faith, by our covenant with one another, by our individual and collective consciousness.

Even though we work as “a team” and consult with one another frequently (or maybe because,) Nathanael and I have never taken the time to sit down and get acquainted.

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It doesn’t matter whether you grew up in Nashville or even whether you grew up in the United States. Every place, every people has a history.

What if we were more intentional about those interactions, and what if we approached conversations with the goal of making the world a better place?

Ministry of 25 years (as of June 4th, which I would have celebrated at our General Assembly had there been a General Assembly) did not prepare me for a pandemic, for long-distance pastoral care, for Zoom worship and online meetings, and for working in my bedroom/office.

Fraught is a word from Middle English with the same root as freight. It means weighed down, loaded, filled with, as a boat or ship is when filled with freight.

First: thank you for trusting and supporting me during these days of uncertainty and separation. I have felt the encouragement and enthusiasm of the GNUUC Board and all of our ministries as we plod, sometimes stumble, sometimes lurch through these days.