Exploring Faith and Community • Macalester Plymouth United Church October 15, 2020 Rev. Adam Blons Are you getting a lot more emails these days? I couldn’t easily find statistics, but I would say my email volume has at least doubled on a daily basis during the pandemic. Along with managing the increase, each communication feels more important…
Exploring Faith and Community • Macalester Plymouth United Church July 30, 2020 Rev. Adam Blons The work of the church continues, not just here at Macalester Plymouth United Church, but through our local and national denominations. Both the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (USA) work on our behalf, advocating for social justice, nurturing the church…
Exploring Faith and Community • Macalester Plymouth United Church July 9, 2020 Rev. Corinne Freedman Ellis This week, an epic event occurred: Hamilton was released for home viewing on Disney+! I happen to have a spouse who has not listened to a single song on the soundtrack because he wanted to associate the songs with the full…
Exploring Faith and Community • Macalester Plymouth United Church June 4, 2020 Rev. Corinne Freedman Ellis These last couple of weeks have been a time of incredible pain, grief, stress, and trauma in our beloved cities. The primary trauma of the senseless and tragic murder of George Floyd has given way to countless secondary traumas, as centuries of oppression are made manifest…
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Exploring Faith and Community • Macalester Plymouth United Church May 9, 2020Rev. Corinne Freedman Ellis I’d been hearing the buzz about this new Brené Brown podcast, Unlocking Us , for weeks. Brown, a social work professor at the University of Houston, is known for her research on vulnerability. Her popular books include The Gifts of Imperfection and Daring Greatly . People I trusted, who I knew were having similar pandemic…
Exploring Faith and Community • Macalester Plymouth United Church April 9, 2020by Rev. Adam Blons I woke up today and wasn’t sure what day of the week it was. Without my normal routines and rhythms one day seems just like the next.Wasn’t I just sitting here in my home office, looking at this screen and typing yesterday? And the day before? I am clinging…