by admin | Mar 2, 2023 | faith, mental wellness
Forgiveness By Mary McCue How does it creep into arteries, level blood pressure and wipe clean the slate of anger held close to the chest? Look long into the mirror, be tender with the face you see, then to the blistered past, the entire landscape, the smallest...
by admin | Feb 22, 2023 | anti-racism, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), community, faith, social justice
Our Beloved Community focus this week celebrates the Rev. Dr. William Barber II. Rev. Dr. Barber is a minister ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 30, 1963 (two days after the March on Washington for...
by admin | Jan 12, 2023 | anti-racism, community, faith, social justice
“Beloved community: a community in which everyone is cared for, absent of poverty, hunger, and hate. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. popularized the term during his lifetime of activism and imbued it with new meaning, fueled by his faith that such a community was, in...
by admin | Jan 6, 2023 | faith, ministry team
What would life be like if centered in the heart of God? Centered in God’s very being? What would your home be like? Tucson be like? The world? Can you imagine? Perhaps you can imagine how your heart might feel or how you might see things in a different way. Maybe...
by admin | Dec 15, 2022 | community, faith, holidays
In becoming the Beloved Community, it is good for us to learn about the celebrations of other faiths. This month, Christianity isn’t the only faith group celebrating a holiday. Our Jewish siblings are celebrating Hanukkah, the festival of lights that is celebrated...
by admin | Nov 3, 2022 | community, COVID-19, faith
Our Real Work It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings. ~...