Hi Pilgrims, As we close out June and turn ourselves to the middle summer month of July, I echo a walking partner’s exclaim, “where did the month of June go?”….
Read MoreHi Pilgrims, Grateful to be back with you after a week in sweltering Orlando :) …
Read MoreHi Pilgrims, Thank you for your grace in allowing me each June to honor the week that surrounds Lanny’s death date….
Read MoreGreetings Pilgrims, It's June! …
Read MoreGreetings Pilgrims, This week began more family-intensive than usual….
Read MoreGreetings Pilgrims, My week took a turn when my beloved and elderly dog Luna re-injured her leg on Memorial Day as she was startled by another canine as we exited the house for an evening constitutional….
Read MoreHappy Graduation to those Pilgrims who are taking (or have taken) this important step in their educational journey….
Read MoreOn May 19, in Durham Central Park, Pilgrims joined with members of 10 congregations who are part of the Mount Level Community Partnership For Racial Justice to celebrate Pentecost in worship…..
Read MoreHappy Pentecost Pilgrims… Sunday is our Pentecost celebration and one of the life lessons I learned with my previous ministry setting was the dance between theological meaning and church praxis….
Read MoreWe cannot merely pray to you, O God, to end war;….
Read MoreHi Pilgrims… We are in for some pretty dense Sundays in the weeks to come–theologically, ecclesiologically, liturgically….
Read MoreGreetings Pilgrims, A recent daily meditation from Episcopal priest and educator Alice Updike Scannell (found via Richard Rohr of course :)) spoke to me, as they often do, and made me think of the number of serious health issues many Pilgrim families are facing…
Read MoreDearly Beloved, In case you’re channeling Prince with me, as a huge fan… and agree with his belief that gathering together helps us get through this thing called life….
Read MorePilgrim Changes Some Endowment Investments to Better Reflect Faith Covenants…
Read MorePilgrims, Hopefully by now you know this coming Sunday is going to look and feel a bit different–our way of honoring Earth Day by being good stewards to the campus entrusted to our care….
Read MorePilgrims, Sunday we will welcome some new and some returning folks to Pilgrim with our new member celebration. Rosalie Edmonds, Kris Fajhe, and Kim Theobald have discerned that Pilgrim feels right to be their church home….
Read MorePilgrims, April showers feel like they are coming in with a roar this week….
Read MoreOn April 7, we said farewell and thank you so much! to Jada Poteat, our Interim Music Director…..
Read MorePilgrims, As I race after a two and a half year old energetic toddler this week, I take a quiet moment during nap time to pause and thank everyone who made our Holy Week and Easter so remarkable….
Read MoreEarly Easter morning we said to each other, “Today we know that love has won….
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