When is the last time you were in awe of the heavens opening up and angels ascending and descending in front of you? This past June, the science community was abuzz with an incredible discovery: Evidence of a low-pitch hum of gravitational waves vibrating throughout the entire universe. Anyone here heard about this? It confirmed … read
I’m grateful to be here. It has been a special blessing to continue to get to know you all and Westminster through my interview process and now as a newly minted member of the staff. There was a welcoming initiation ceremony last week with balloons and cinnamon rolls, and I must’ve passed, because here I … read
When was the last time you felt invigorated by something you were working on? I do realize that question might work better for a different audience, a congregation where maybe only a few are retired. (Although if the stories you all tell me are true, you are busier in retirement than you were when you … read
CHRIS DELA CRUZ: The truth is, where our youth went this week was not a typical mission trip. In fact, though we changed the name to Youth Summer Service Trip, just calling it service is misleading as well. We were at the Yakama reservation with Native folks who identify as Christians. Annawanita, Director of S.L.A.M. … read
“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” What does freedom mean to you? During my formative college years, adult Congressmen spent significant time debating whether Congress should change their cafeteria menu to say “Freedom Fries.” So forgive me for having a little cynicism about freedom. The truth is, though, … read
In the history of Christianity, no event can ever measure up to what happened in the year 323, when the Emperor Constantine declared that Christianity was the official religion of the Holy Roman Empire. That scrappy little church, once persecuted, once misunderstood as a cult that venerated cannibalism; that ragtag group of people … read