Dear faith family, Earlier this week, someone asked me a thoughtful question: “Why do you have black curtains partially covering the beautiful stained glass windows in the sanctuary?” If I’m honest, this is a new tradition for me as well. But over these weeks of Lent, I’ve come to experience it in a meaningful way. […]
Dear Faith Family, This past Wednesday was one of those days when the calendar seemed to fill every available space. From early morning until mid-afternoon I moved from meeting to meeting – planning worship music, discussing technology upgrades for our staff, exploring ways we might support justice work here in Wichita, checking in with staff, […]
This week the news has once again turned our attention toward the Middle East, as tensions with Iran continue to escalate and the threat of a wider regional war grows more real. For many of us, these headlines stir both concern for the present and memories of conflicts past. I remember the first Gulf War […]
Dear Faith Family, One of the gifts of being back in Kansas is the sky. There is something about a prairie sunset, the horizon set ablaze in orange, red, and purple, that invites us to pause and look up. Creation has a way of preaching, if we are paying attention. This week offered an added […]
Dear Beloved — made from stardust, On Ash Wednesday morning I had the privilege of marking foreheads with ashes at the church coffee bar — preschool teachers hurrying between classrooms, parents wrangling children, members stopping on their way to work. One by one I traced the cross and spoke the ancient words: “You are a […]
