CYRE Column

The Good Samaritan and All My Relations The parable of the Good Samaritan from the Gospel of Luke seems like a good place to start an exploration of March’s Worship theme, Healing and Helping. In his book The Power of Parable, theologian John Dominic Crossan characterizes this as a challenge parable, a story meant to … Read more

When considering February’s service theme, “Reparation: Loving back into Relationship”, I took the time to examine the possible definitions of the word “reparation”. Reparation is about making amends, repairing and compensating others for the wrongs done to them. (In the last century it was most often used when talking about the aftermath of wars between … Read more

Monthly Musings: What’s in a Name (or a Pronoun)? How many children and youth in our church do you know by name? I learned a long time ago how important it is to learn children’s names as quickly as possible and use them. It is the primary point of contact with a child and something … Read more

My father was in charge of the family soundtrack in the house I grew up in. Every morning during the school year he woke up and turned on the small RCA record player in our living room, (the kind where you could stack LPs for continuous play, but only if the lid was raised) and … Read more