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01/02/2019 - A 'Prosperous' New Year? No Thanks

Happy 2019! May it be a year of dignity, vigorous compassion, and robust declarations of God’s inclusionary vision. You may have your own desires for this new year. So ...

06/07/2018 - Covenant

By: Amy Lignitz Harken - Together, As One

In the crucible of a collective — be it a family, a village, or a denomination — we learn who we are. We learn what drives us bonkers and what makes us happy, how we are ...

11/08/2017 - What is Truly Sacred About our Houses of Worship Cannot be Violated

By: Amy Lignitz Harken

A fifth-grader at church thinks it weird that I lock the door to my office. A few weeks ago, in the course of trying to explain why a pastor might lock his or her office...

10/04/2017 - Save The "Yeah, but....." Until After the Victims are Buried

By: Amy Lignitz Harken - Justice and Witness

Somewhere on the other side of the woods is a gun club and, I have heard, someone's personal, private firing range. So my lugubrious coffee-soaked contemplations are ...

06/09/2017 - Don't Call it Messy; Call it Hard

By: Amy Lignitz Harken - Together, As One

That questions about structure and other administrative matters will be answered as we go may feel messy, even chaotic, to some of us. Our faith, however, calls us to ...

01/11/2016 - Sometimes Baptism Calls For A Dunk In the Ocean

By: Amy Lignitz Harken - Faith Formation and Christian Education

Rev. Amy Lignitz Harken offers insights and tips for holding an immersion Baptism.