Reconciliation (part 2): The Beloved Community

By Joe LaGuardia and Karen Woods Several weeks ago, Trinity’s associate pastor, Karen Woods, and I wrote an article on the art of reconciliation and truth-telling to improve race relations.  This is the second of two articles. In the book of Genesis, God created Eden, a place where God and humans communed together (Genesis 2).  There,Continue reading “Reconciliation (part 2): The Beloved Community”

The Light shines in the darkness…

One of our deacons asked her 97-year old grandmother what she thought was the most important change in culture over the last century.  Her grandmother said electric lighting. That got our deacon–and us, her Sunday school class–to think about what life was like before electric lights. Sure, there were candles and lanterns in the old days.Continue reading “The Light shines in the darkness…”