Dear Friends, The deadline each week for Trinity Topics, our weekly e-newsletter, is Wednesday at 5:00 pm. This means that I am writing my “Dear Friends” letter on the day after the election. I’ve had little time to process my own feelings, much less reflect on the...
Dear Friends, I’ve been thinking about my sermon. This is something I do every week I’m preaching, of course, but so much is going on this Sunday that I’m having trouble narrowing the focus. And since the professor of my advance preaching class in seminary told us...
Dear Friends, Election Day is November 5, a week from Tuesday. I suppose a few people are unaware of this, but one would have to wonder under what rock they’ve been hiding. Hyperbolic declarations of catastrophe around presidential elections are nothing new. The first...
Trinity is asking for a pledge.How does my pledge help “prepare the way”? When this year’s Annual Stewardship Drive began, Trinity was a little bit more than a year into its transition from one rector to the next. Since last October, the Search Committee has...
Trinity is asking for a pledge. What are some ways to satisfy my pledge? Pledge, how do I satisfy thee? Let me count the ways (with apologies to the Bard of Avon): Some of the typical ways Write a check and put it in the offering plate when you attend a Sunday...
How much should I commit to give for 2025? The first – and most important – answer to the question is to consider prayerfully what you are able to give. No one knows your personal circumstances better than you do, nor does anyone comprehend what your relationship is...
