Monthly Archives: October 2008

It’s been a while since I’ve added anything to the blog.  Typically I act as sounding-board, critic, and occasional muse, not writer.  Throughout the project though I continue to ask the question, “Why do we do church?”  What’s the point … Continue reading →

Church used to be that place where people could risk going and presenting their absolute worst self, once a week, and be heard by people who would accept you back, through communion, into the community. Once a week you would … Continue reading →

It will be a couple of decades yet before today’s 20-something-churches are 40-something-Deaf-congregations. The time to invest in ASL classes is now. Jacob’s Well, like many of the younger congregations we’ve attended, had loud music* [in a small space]. It … Continue reading →

There’s a delicious irony to a church-in-a-box* congregation like Latah Valley using ceramic mugs for their coffee hour, while most of the church-with-property buildings we’ve gone to use disposable (often styrofoam**). Latah Valley is a new congregation, Presbyterian, with serious … Continue reading →

After my friend IM’d the link to me on Tuesday, I knew I’d have to go check out the Deep Chat that Radical Grace Ministries has weekly at the Empyrean. We met, we drank tea, we talked. It was a … Continue reading →