Welcome: meekness and power

There’s something about the way Rindy welcomes all of us at the Gathering that makes me feel like she means it. That’s no small thing! We can theorize about the way divine Love operates in human experience, but when it actually happens in a few brief moments at the beginning of the Gathering, it’s worth [...]

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Love in action

We’re going to wrestle with a challenging question at the Gathering on Sunday (July 25): What kind of struggle would we face in our own hearts to warmly welcome someone whose life is very different from our own? It’s true that most of the people coming to these Gatherings have come from a rather mono-cultural [...]

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Come as you are! (for Sunday’s Gathering)

We’ve been wondering what it would be like to really, truly, honestly welcome anyone to come to join us in worship. It’s one thing to smile and invite someone in. But we’re thinking about whether our open door still says in some fashion, “You can come in, so long as you plan to be just [...]

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