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Midweek Update – Nov 24, 2021 – Happy Thanksgiving!

MessageNovember 24, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving! As I write this I am sitting in our house in Tempe. My husband has gone…

Midweek Update – Jan 12, 2022 – Speaking the Truth
Dear Friends, By the time I was old enough to know who Martin Luther King Jr. was, he was widely accepted as a beloved hero, one of history’s good guys. But when I was well into adulthood, some of the elders of my church who were his contemporaries told me how he was perceived during…
January 12, 2022
Midweek Update – Jan 5, 2022 – Upcoming Adult Education
Adult Education has always been an important part of the life of our congregation. As followers of Jesus, we strive to live as faithful “students” – perhaps a better translation of the Greek word, μαθητής, usually translated as disciple. Our programs of Bible study, theology, history, etc., can inform our understanding of our history over…
January 5, 2022
Midweek Update – Dec 29, 2021 – Christmas and the Christian Faith
Dear Friends, If you are Facebook friends with Steve Jacobsen, you may have seen that he recently reposted a piece from Rabbi Steven Cohen in which he describes what Christmas looks like through the eyes of a Jewish kid (you can read it here). It is a very insightful post that poses several questions about…
December 29, 2021
Midweek Update – Dec 15, 2021 – Brown Church
When I was in middle school back in Arizona my best friends were Patti, Mary, Dolores, and Tammy. We ate lunch together, hung out after school together, and spent the night at each other’s houses on the weekend. The four of them lived in small, older homes in a barrio behind the railroad tracks while…
December 15, 2021