The 8th grade Milestone: A Mentor Hike is when an 8th grader is paired with an adult member of the … Read More
Make Haste To Be Kind
I received a number of inquiries about the charge I gave before the benediction during the season of Lent. The … Read More
Seattle World School
Seattle School: A Shining Light for Refugee Students The bell rang as Melissa and I arrived, and suddenly we … Read More
A Third Way in the Desert
“Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing: … Read More
Making Space for Middle Ground in a Polarized Culture
I recently came across an article by church consultant Susan Beaumont on making space for middle ground in our churches, … Read More
Reducing Hours, Expanding Ministry
Ministering with children and families these past 35 years has been an amazing journey filled with delight and unexpected … Read More
The Ministry of Reconciliation
By Jenny Rose Wilson Psalm 65: 5-8 By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the … Read More
Discernment at Bethany On Sexuality Issues
For the last two years Bethany has been engaged in discussions and discernment around the place of gay Christians at … Read More
An Abundant Table
“What’s becoming clearer and clearer to me is that the most sacred moments, the ones in which I feel God’s … Read More
Engaging Scripture, Growing in Faith
by Lynn Beaumont, a Women’s Bible Study leader Bad Girls of the Bible, Prayers of the New Testament, Sacred Chaos, … Read More
Creating Space
I grew up in a small Lutheran church right around the corner from my high school. It was the same … Read More