From Our Minister
From Our Minister: Becoming
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. -Anais Nin Easter, Passover, Ramazan, and Earth Day all grace April along […]
Articles by Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae
From Our Minister
From Our Minister: Commitment
Inevitably in our lives we commit ourselves to something, whether worthy or not. The direction and intensity of our loyalties give shape and meaning to our lives. Loyalties, commitments, covenants, the promises we make to […]
From Our Minister
From Our Minister: Beloved Community
Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and cultural legacies that shape who we are and how we live in the […]
From Our Minister
From Our Minister: Imagination
We tend to consider imagination too lightly, forgetting that the life we make, for ourselves individually and for the world as a whole, is shaped and limited only by the perimeters of our imagination. Things […]
From Our Minister
From our Minister: Holiday Blessings
Happy Holidays! “With mounds of greenery, the brightest ornaments, we bring high summer to our rooms, as if to spite the somberness of winter come. In time of want, when life is boarding up against […]
From Our Minister
From our Minister: Hope is on the Horizon
“A cheerful heart is good medicine…” — Proverbs 17:22 Dear Ones, There is much to be cheerful about in this season of giving thanks. The Lakers won their 17th NBA Championship. The turbulent election season […]
Ministry
“Eight Commands in Times of Uncertainty”
I share with you the important and helpful wisdom of eight commandments for navigating through these times of uncertainty. Stay soft, my dear ones, and we will make it through this stumbling. […]
Ministry
Pastoral Care in Our Congregation
Pastoral care is provided to members of the congregation by networks of pastoral support and care under the supervision of the minister. In a congregation of nearly three hundred members, the minister helps the congregation to take ownership for providing support to our members. […]
From Our Minister
From Our Minister: Deep Listening
Our congregation is alive with so much activity at the beginning of the new church year. Our congregational theme for October is “deep listening.” Deep listening invites us to dive beneath the noise of pundits and politicians, 24-hour news cycles on television, and doom scrolling on social media, to listen more deeply to the sacred within our lives and in the world. […]
From Our Minister
From our Minister: The Path Is Beautiful
I hope everyone had a restorative summer and is excited about the new church year! I missed church and each of you this summer. You were in my heart as I practiced taking a rejuvenating break from the many demands of ministry. […]