by Emily Wilmesherr | Aug 10, 2016
You’re Blessed. “When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. This is what he said:...
by Emily Wilmesherr | Aug 2, 2016
Traci Smith, a pastor who shares a monthly blog post, wrote this past week, “Is it just me, or are we all on edge lately? We have a lot to be overwhelmed about. This is a very tense election season. The stakes are high. Everyone has an opinion they’re trying to boil...
by Emily Wilmesherr | Jul 29, 2016
I have not participated in corporate worship for the past three weeks. This is very unusual for me. I miss one or occasionally even two Sundays in a row every now and then, but it has literally been years since I was not in corporate worship for three Sundays in a...
by Emily Wilmesherr | Jul 18, 2016
Once there was someone who said such amazing things and did such wonderful things that people began to follow him. “Well, do you follow him?” a little boy interrupted me. It was the opening lines of our Children’s Chapel where we are using Jerome Berryman’s Godly Play...
by Emily Wilmesherr | Jul 11, 2016
Grief is heavy this week. So is anger. It’s difficult to find words. Mercy is our topic for the day and it’s hard to talk about mercy unless we’re talking about God’s mercy and even then it’s hard to talk about mercy this week. Somehow our idea of mercy seems to...
