Mutual Aid as Hospitality Being a part of a church – in a town of 4000 people – has been a very different experience for me, compared to the other contexts I have lived in. A town of 4000 does not have the capacity for a variety of social services...

Following my basketball games as a teenager, there was a common conversation that would take place on the drive home. I would be sitting in the front seat with my dad, and I would brace myself as I prepared to ask the question to my dad – “so, how did...

This series over the next weeks, we will be looking at the 5 priorities of FMC, a wonderful and succinct vision statement for FMC that I am thankful was pulled together by Pastor Wanda in the years prior to my arrival here. I think these priorities have a lot we...

I loved this box. I imagined for two whole days that one day this box would come to my doorstep. I love a good cardboard box. Sharp corners, clean, smooth outside, no dents from shipping. Some of them have flip lid top where the edges insert into the pockets. Christmas...

Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 13:6-12 Good morning. It’s good to be with you all on this beautiful, bright summer morning to offer another one of these monthly messages on in this sermon series, in which we approach another question of justice – in this case, the war in Ukraine — and...

Part 1: The Year of Jubilee This past spring, we had several weeks of bulletin announcements calling for anyone who is interested, to be part of a bible study. These bible studies were organized by those putting together the Anabaptist Community Bible Project – a community bible that will feature...

Radical Love The Netflix TV show “Queer Eye” just came out with a 7th season. In each Queer eye episode, 5 men, the “Fab 5”, who identify as gay, for a week, come to the aid of a nominated individual, who is often struggling. Each of the “fab 5” in...

On Jan 6, 2021, Jenny Cudd, posted a video to Facebook while at the capital on Jan. 6, Cudd, draped in MAGA gear, said: “We were founded as a Christian country. And we see how far we have come from that. … We are a godly country, and we are...

Too much Water People in the village of Bluffton do not like too much water. Walking the trails at the Bluffton University nature preserve has been a bit of a struggle the last few weeks. We know that socks will probably be soaked and that shoes will need to be...

Marshmallow story One of my earliest memories is at the house of a babysitter. I can’t quite remember how old I was – I am guessing around 3 or 4. The babysitter was our neighbor’s mom, and there were a bunch of us kids there. We are told that we...