Blog Archives: December 2020

Here are some ways our church celebrated Christmas in the old days, according to notes from the Sunday school board: There was a Committee appointed called the Committee on Candy and Oranges. There was also a Decorating Committee. Each Sunday school class was allowed to decorate with a budget of up to $3.20. There was also a child care person, but back then it was called the cradle roll. By 1922 each Sunday school scholar received, at the Christmas party, a half pound box of candy (which was worth $0.22) and an orange. Prizes of books and ...

When white supremacist "Zoom-bombers" tried to stop us from worshipping, church member and Council co-chair Leslie Hamilton forged a powerful poem-prayer in response. You can’t take us out with your chat your hate speech Your white supremacy Your ill-conceived disruption plan Your unsuccessful plot to rob us of unity and focus and comfort and certainty Your … HACKING BY WHITE SUPREMACY Hate Speech cutting into chat like scissors, scraping to etch pain like acid Acting out anger at solidarity Coming in our midst ...

This reflection begins where all theological reflections these days perhaps should: TikTok. Check out this TikTok video from British comedian Gina Barrett, who appears as an animated talking sun rambling about being late to work, going home early, and maybe coming back tomorrow. It’s too real, right? I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed that with staying home more this winter season due to coronavirus, I’ve been even more attuned than usual to just how early the sun goes down in December. My phone and computer’s “night” setting is ...