by Rev. Kerry SmithI love church words that we only use in church - words like Eucharist (Communion), narthex (entry way), altar (table), and triduum. Triduum comes from a Latin root meaning three day...  Read More

I don’t remember hearing about Lent in church when I was growing up. I don’t know if that says more about me and the fact that I wasn’t listening, or if the United Methodist Church has embraced more o...  Read More

Lent in the Gardenby Monica Frazier, Candidate for ministry from White Rock UMCOne of my most-loved memories of life together at WRUMC is last year’s Easter worship at sunrise in the garden. Surrounde...  Read More

What does the Word of God mean to you? A blog post about our upcoming worship series, Wonderful Word of God: Discovering the Word of God within us....  Read More

Putting the “Home” in Home Groupsby Zach deMoyaI’ve become increasingly aware over the past five or so years, having lived in a few different cities in that time and attended and worked with a variety...  Read More

How far will we go? By Rev. Kerry Smith January 6 is a big day in the Christian church. But, that date now has additional meaning for us because as Americans we know that date. January 6 is the day th...  Read More

Christmas Day BrunchBy Rebecca Garrett Pace“Hey, Rebecca, could you write a blog about brunch?”“I like brunch. Sure.”So yeah, that’s how this came about. My blog posts are usually about melancholy thi...  Read More

Joy is power. Joy is resistance to the darkness. Joy is the fuel that sustains us for the times of grief and longing. Joy is everything.The third Sunday in Advent is halfway through a six week journey...  Read More

“It's the most wonderful time of the year,” but Christmas can also be the most difficult time of the year. This Sunday we focused on peace, and peace doesn’t just happen. We have to work for it, pursu...  Read More

The first Sunday of Advent is about hope. Writer and spiritual director Kathy Escobar says “hope requires risk and sacrifice. Working against our reflexes to run, hide, self-protect, and self-medicate...  Read More

The 3 General Rules ask all of us to do the opposite. They are meant to slow us down in a world that moves so quickly so that we can act with intention in all we do. And for that, I am grateful....  Read More

But to reduce politics and our civic engagement to a choice made on election day is as much missing the point as reading the story of Mary and Martha and choosing between “sitting at the feet” of Jesu...  Read More