If you stay around for the annual meeting after this worship service—and I certainly hope that you do—we’ll be shining a light on the way forward for Trinity. We’ll be electing a new vestry and previewing new ministries. And that hopeful look ahead is good and right. But in church we’re always looking backward too. We at Trinity—more … Read the rest
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What is it? Given that the Israelites were far from home and hungry, and what was available to them was a peculiar flaky substance left behind by the dew after a flock of quails invaded their camp, that seems like an entirely fair question. Moses attempted to reassure them by saying “it is the bread that the Lord has given … Read the rest
Continue reading "What Is It?" »Lately I’ve been listening to lots of stories about parents and children. You probably all know the variations on the theme: children doing things their parents don’t want them to, adults failing to parent their children adequately, siblings taking very different paths and dividing loyalties. Makes for messy holidays and family reunions, no? But it has always been … Read the rest
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