We use the word love to say a lot of different things. Love is a feeling we have for one another. Love is a verb, an action, that we do for one another. We talk about giving love and receiving love as though love were a commodity. A lot of things we do express love.…
One year ago, the last time I wrote about our Community Dinners for this column, we were feeding 250 to 300 people a week. As of this writing we are feeding about 440 people a week. We are now feeding as many as 140 meals a week at the church and we deliver meals to…
Last Wednesday, Marilyn Firman sent out an email to the rest of the Hospitality Team to say she was bringing food but needed help with setup. The next three days my inbox filled with people replying with offers to bring treats, help make the coffee, or help with cleanup. I knew that we were in for a great coffee hour just based…
On Sunday, I preached that God is present, here and now, in this world and in this life, with all our struggles and pain. This seems very hopeful to me, so I was surprised that the conversations during coffee hour turned to the question of evil and suffering. People asked, why does God allow evil?…
Every Sunday, I invite you to share in Holy Communion with these words: “Wherever you are in your spiritual journey, you are welcome here, in this place and at this table. There is food enough for all. Come and be fed.” Several people mentioned this offertory invitation in our Discovery Process interviews and at the Discovery Process Summit we held in early…
Last week I shared with you the new vision statement that we developed together using the Discovery Process. The Vision of St. Dunstan’s Church is: On earth as in heaven, all are welcome, all are fed, and all are loved. The Discovery Process gave us the opportunity to share our stories as we interviewed one…
At St. Dunstan’s Church we have a vision: On earth as in heaven, all are welcome, all are fed, and all are loved. Most days that vision seems impossible. Last week we fed 518 people in our Tuesday feeding ministry. 518 people needed the blessing of a free meal. How wonderful that we can feed so many, but how sad that so…