April 2023
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Part 1 Today I aim to explore with you a proposed strategic vision for our justice work here at West Shore. It is a new story for us. I want to tell where it came from, what it’s for, and where it would take us should the congregation vote to approve it at the upcoming…
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Which Wolf Will Win?
Part 1 Where do we come from What are we Where are we going? Where do we come from What are we Where are we going? Robin Wall Kimmerer, in her book Braiding Sweetgrass, brings us into indigenous wisdom teachings. It must feel so bittersweet to her, to usher her fellow Americans into this traditional…
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If you are here for the first time, it might not be unreasonable for me to assume that you were expecting to hear about a certain Christian doctrine that many (not all!) but many strands of Christianity affirm: the bodily resurrection of Jesus. For many folks, Easter and Jesus’ physical resurrection go together like peanut…
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When I was 15 years old, I considered myself the most open-minded person around. Oh, I did. I was intelligent, well read, and don’t forget, sensitive. I was a figure skater, after all. This was not an opinion shared by my high-school English teacher, however. Mrs. Starkey was short and solid, had a flip in…
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