Repair
Good Trouble in the Land
by: John Powell My mother was a ‘no non-sense’ kind of person. So, when I would her saying loudly, “John Hayes, you git in here now!”, I knew I was in trouble! During my civil rights activity years, I was sure that I would get summoned before her again. But Read more…
Sermons
Grand Rounds
Emily Miner Last week Shelly asked me to share more about my experience presenting on racism in medicine to the anesthesia department at my institution. I thank each of you for the support you offered to me as I prepared for that. This week as I have been working on Read more…
Sermons
Vision and Expectancy
by John Powell Revelation 7:9; John 4:1-15 While out for my weekly sequestered drive, I saw a billboard displaying a partially rephrased quote by Oscar Wilde that says, ‘All Sinners have a Future” . . . and on the opposite side it reads, “All Saints have A Past”. I read Read more…
Sermons
Zoom fatigue and working from home.
Cinda Nofziger Working from home at this time, for me anyway, is fraught, complex, contradictory. I am intensely grateful to be working from home, to still have an excellent job, and to lessen my exposure and my chances of exposing others. Nonetheless working from home isn’t always easy. It isn’t Read more…
Sermons
On The Job
Eric BettisJune 21. 2020 The days of the pandemic have left no family or community untouched. We’ve all had to stop and take stock of what’s necessary and important, as many of both the little things and the biggest challenges of everyday life no longer seem quite as dependable, and Read more…
Sermons
Work and Identity in Corona Times
Nelson Shantz June 8, 2020 I’ve made a career of working on pianos. Much of that work has been tuning. Other work is focused on improving touch and tone. I’ve worked in home, school, college, church and studio settings. I’ve tuned in a distillery, in a barn, under the Read more…