Like most Americans, I don’t really like to wait. Not in line, not in traffic, not really for anything. And waiting to get on the freeway, or into a movie, or for coffee in my favorite bistro really is sort of pointless. When the waiting is done, the payoff is pretty small. Unfortunately, my lack of being able to wait for…
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Justice is what love looks like in public – Dr. Cornel West There is an old story told about a village on a river that I first heard from a nun friend, but it seems to be so old (and pervasive) that I could not find an origin. If anyone can name the source, I’ve got a lollypop with your name on…
There are a lot of options in the Bay Area when it comes to community groups, spiritual paths, and places to be of service. What makes a church different? What can we do together as a group that cannot be done in other ways? Last week, we looked at “why church” from the perspective of what an individual or family can gain from being part of a church. This week, we will explore “why church” in the larger scheme of things. Do churches such as Montclair Presbyterian have a particular to role to play in the community? in the culture? Do join us at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.
Happy All Saints Day! I love the “dancing saints” at St. Gregory of Nissa Church in San Francisco. Completed in 2009, this wonderful 3,000 square foot painting depicts a staggering variety of traditional and surprising saints depicted in a style that recalls ancient iconography and yet all of them are dancing. The artist, Mark Dukes, collaborated with the congregation to select and…
The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always. – Willa Cather, (1873 -1947) U.S. novelist,…