Jul 6, 2021 | Beauty, Liturgy
Beauty in Belonging by Amy Oliver I have been known to refer to Crosscreek as my own island of misfit toys. If that reference is lost on you, let me first apologize for a lack of magic and wonder in your childhood. Secondly, I’d like to invite you over to my house for...
Jun 7, 2021 | Beauty, Liturgy
The Lord’s Prayer as the Work of God’s People by Rev. Jim Evans Just about every Sunday in our church we lift our voices and say together the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13). This is the prayer Jesus gave to his disciples in response to their request to...
May 10, 2021 | Beauty, Liturgy
Photo by Önder Örtel on Unsplash by Cathy Lee It was 9:00 p.m. when the doorbell rang. I opened the door to welcome in a young missionary that had just arrived from Uganda. She had called to let me know she would be arriving later than expected, which was not a...
Apr 12, 2021 | Beauty, Liturgy
Photo by Ryan Stefan on Unsplash by Dr. Kevin D. Washburn I grew up in an ugly church. A former dairy plant had been converted via 1970’s “wood” paneling, Kermit-green carpeting, and fluorescent lights in a tiled dropped ceiling. Blonde wooden pews, no...
Mar 8, 2021 | Beauty, Liturgy
by Rev. Brandon Hudson When I was on the back end of childhood, I woke up on Saturday mornings and headed to the back room. There, nestled into the dark, paneled corner at the end of the sofa sat the audio cabinet, holding a selection of vertically stacked vinyl...
Feb 8, 2021 | Beauty, Liturgy
by Rev. Jim Evans On my sixteenth birthday my Uncle Bernard took me fishing. When we put the boat into the water that early July morning, it was dark. Twelve hours later when we took the boat out of the water, it was dark. Our day was the Super Bowl of fishing trips....
