I was born into a churched family. Weekly church attendance was the norm. My grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins attended the same church. My great-grandmother (who lived to the age of 103) was a pillar of the church, and when she became too frail to attend...
I was raised in a pretty conservative United Methodist church growing up. I went to a couple different churches when I left home to attend college and never felt comfortable or accepted or fit in when I attended any of those churches. The churches I encountered...
I’m supposed to be writing about why I am at Trinity. I could say all the normal things: I am a progressive Christian who longs to be in a community of those who believe that when God said to love them all, She meant all. I could say that I was drawn into a church who...
Scott and I first started coming to Trinity regularly almost twenty years ago in December 2003. We knew then that Trinity was a community that was filled with love and acceptance. While many of the faces have changed since that time, both clergy and parishioners, the...
You have cancer. Three small words. A small sentence, really. But when those three words fell out of Dr Baig’s mouth all I assumed of life imploded. Suddenly, there were blood tests, dressing gowns, tubes, ER visits, surgery, and tears and fear and Need. Days after...
“No matter where you are on your spiritual journey, know that you are welcome and wanted in this place.” That statement resonated with me from the day that Kelly (my wife) and I walked into Trinity over 4 years ago. Those were the first words that spoke to me. And...
