I have tried to speak and write many times over the past year, recording my reflections from a journey I took to El Salvador with…
By Isaiah DuPree (To watch a video of Isaiah DuPree’s “Called to Love,” click here.) We are called to love I call upon our congregation,…
Celebrate Not a world that has in it nothing but good, But a world that is good, While having in it so much that is…
True Self/False Self: Week 1 A Point of Nothingness Today we continue with Thomas Merton’s description of the True Self as written following his “conversion”…
By Emily Turner Originally posted Thursday, July 14, 2016 at http://loveyoubudblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/black-lives-matter-to-white-girl.html I was waiting at the coffee shop this morning for my iced latte and…
Turn from the world and be embraced by the love of Christ. Like lost children, we seek our true home. Know that God loves us…
This message is dedicated to 8 beloved friends of mine who were among 15 United Methodist clergy and candidates who came out as LGBTQI in an open…
by Larry Thomas (This is the second in a series of blog posts on lovingkindness meditation. Check out Larry’s first post here.) Expressing Lovingkindness to Oneself We begin metta…
by Larry Thomas What is love? Think of all the different meanings we give the little word “love.” • Love. It’s what makes a…
On the North and South walls of our Sanctuary is the hashtag: #WhyGiveCOTV, which begs an answer: “Why give?” My experience with church and money was…
