13 Dec 2018
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Homecoming
By: Rev. Joanne Buchanan-Brown Sharon's Christmas Prayer She was five, sure of the facts, and recited them with slow solemnity convinced every word was revelation. She said they were so poor they had only peanut...
6 Dec 2018
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Simple Joys
By: Nancy Wade “Don’t let any of it get to you. Let all of today wash over you like warm water at a spa in Imaginaryland. Everything is going to be fine.” Sam Sifton, What to Cook, New York Times, Thanksgiving Day 2018 It’s...
28 Nov 2018
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Shuffling Through Life
By: Carolyn Gard "...making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding...then you will...find the knowledge of God." Proverbs...
20 Nov 2018
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Intersecting Trajectories
By: Stewart Hoover I’m writing from Ghana in West Africa. The air is heavy with humidity and rich smoky odors. I am here for a conference but I’m attending the graduation at Trinity Theological Seminary. In a pristine, passively...
15 Nov 2018
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Where is your Treasure?
By: Pedro Silva 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and...
7 Nov 2018
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Beginner’s Mind/Compassionate Mind
By: Larry Dansky In the beginner's mind there is no thought "I have attained something." All self-centered thoughts limit our vast mind. When we have no thought of achievement, no thought of self, we are true beginners. Then we can...
1 Nov 2018
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Expect to be Wowed
By: Diana Shellenberger “I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path. We’re here to know God, to love and serve God, and to be blown away by the beauty and miracle of nature. You just have to get rid of so...
25 Oct 2018
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You Must Lose Things
By: Dean Keller Along life’s way we all seem to gain the experience to see the wisdom in these clear words written by Naomi Shihab Nye in her poem ,“Kindness.” Before you know what kindness really is you must lose...
18 Oct 2018
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Report from the Safe Church Task Force
First Congregational Church, Boulder formed a Safe Church Task Force in November, 2017 to address issues of safety for our congregants. Our mission was to improve safety for congregants and staff, while maintaining our culture of being...
18 Oct 2018
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Sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself…
By: Laura McCutchen We waited almost 2 months to greet our newborn granddaughter Maddie. Three years ago, we waited just as long to meet her big sister. As grandparent set #4, we have learned patience. Maddie looks nothing like her...