Posts by Greg Yarnell

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is celebrated on the second Monday of October, on October 10 this year, to honor the cultures and histories of the Native American people. The day is centered around reflecting on their tribal roots and the tragic stories that hurt but strengthened their communities. The first seed of Indigenous Peoples’ Day was…

Psalm 84 (Leslie Brandt/Corita Kent) Boldness in a Broken World The theme of Psalm 84 is “Boldness in a Broken World.” How do we experience the presence of God, the holy, the mystery, whatever word you want to use, the central question is: How do we experience the presence of God in this fractured, broken,…

Season of Pentecost  “When my faith had become little more than an abstraction, a set of propositions to be affirmed or denied, the tangible, tactile nature of the sacraments invited me to touch, smell, taste, hear, and see God in the stuff of everyday life again. They got God out of my head and into…

Luke 16: 1-13 Beyond the Status Quo Most commonly this story is called “The Parable of the Dishonest Steward,” or “The Shrewd Steward.” I think this approach to the story, though generally accepted, is misguided for a couple of reasons. If, the story is about the dishonest steward, we think of the steward, the manager…

Season of Pentecost “The reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day.” – Anne Lamott  Thanks for attending our Special Congregational Meeting this past Sunday. We passed a motion to adopt the proposed minor changes to the Constitution. Our next Congregational Meeting is October 2. If…