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After Pentecost Sunday in June, I’ll begin a sabbatical and return to Calvary on August 31. After eight years of ministry together, which have included concerted efforts such as navigating a global pandemic and completing a building campaign together, there seems to be wisdom in a sabbatical pause. There is wisdom in giving Calvary a space to be the
During Lent five years ago, our lives and world were jarred in ways we may not yet comprehend. Five years may be too soon to grasp how the COVID-19 pandemic has made us a changed people. We may never fully understand the subtle and not-so-subtle ways our lives have been transformed by what we went
by Nathan Brasfield, Director of Youth and Community Ministries
About fifteen minutes before the start of Youth Formation this past Sunday morning, I was alone in the new High School room on the fourth floor, unwrapping a new ottoman that had been delivered. From the few pieces laid out on the floor, I assumed that the only steps needed
Four years ago, almost to the day, I blogged HERE (Is “blog” still a verb in 2025?) about the day I learned to hang a door. The person who taught me was my one-time boss, a carpenter/contractor named Dave Lillich. This weekend, Ardelle and I will be away from Calvary because
I was sitting in the nave at church this past Tuesday during that period we call “Silence in the City,” when I heard the story of Elijah meeting God. You’ve probably heard the story from 1 Kings – Elijah is told to go stand on the mountain, for the Lord is about to pass by.
Can we keep talking about the renovations at Calvary, or are you a little tired of construction updates? How about the response to the renovations? As I write this, my shoulders are still sore from moving couches into place as part of a blizzard of activity over the last few days, and I
by the Rev. Mimsy Jones
‘Who is Marcus Borg?’ I asked my Calvary colleague, the Rev. Gay Rahn, as we looked over the list of Lenten Preaching Series (LPS) preachers for 1999. “He’s a leading theologian in historical Jesus scholarship,” she said. “It’s a real coup that he’s coming to Calvary; don’t miss him.”
On Sunday, March 2, we will celebrate and give thanks for the tremendous work undertaken to renovate our beloved parish buildings.
Following our 8 a.m. worship service, we will have our first Parish Breakfast in the Mural Room after a long hiatus, and we’ll say prayers of blessing in the dining
‘I have given you as a covenant to the people,
a light to the nations,
to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.’ (Isaiah 42:6b-7)
One day, I got a call from Mark, the volunteer coordinator for the jail at 201 Poplar. He asked me