Topic: Transformation

Grabbing Bananas: The Art of Transforming Culture

Every human group – family, neighborhood, workplace, region…and congregation – has a culture. Culture is not just cuisines and languages but complex agreements about what is valued and what is not, what is permitted and what is inappropriate. Sometimes cultures are life-giving, sometimes they are obstacles to wholeness. This service will reflect on our awareness … Continue reading Grabbing Bananas: The Art of Transforming Culture

Gifts, Humble and Great

A faith community offers, in the language of a well-known hymn, simple gifts. But sometimes these gifts are transformative. This service will invite us to reflect on what it means to be part of a community and our role in the often invisible but powerful work of transformation.