Dear church familia, friends & neighbors, In light of the recent record-breaking wave of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations due to the Omicron variant and out of an abundance of caution as community/faith leaders, we have discerned it wise to move our in-person services FOR ALL OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY to...
Dear Familia & Friends, Praying that this letter finds you healthy and safe in the midst of this Delta-variant season of the pandemic, even as our world continues to be ravaged by disease, wars, earthquakes, and simply so much sustained pain from so many sources. We are so honored that...
Familia, we encourage you to engage these soul rhythms to care for your mind, body and soul. We have all undergone collective grief and trauma over a sustained period of time, not least of which was a violent, insurrectionist and terroristic event nationally. Our bodies keep the score and in...
Join Pastora Inés as she interviews Angela Wu, MFT (Marriage and Family Therapist). We lean into her training and expertise regarding mental health as part of our spiritual formation and healing journey. The holidays are especially hard for mental health, and we want to destigmatize the topic in the church....
On Sunday, Pastora Inés vulnerably shared a story from one of the darkest seasons in her life. But in that place, God’s Light showed up in a truly miraculous (and familiar) way.
Both Inés and I had such a great response to our video update on The Church We Hope For this week. Many of you reached out asking how to join us in the journey. We wanted to let you know more about that as well as fill you in on...
We got big news, y’all! We’re launching online September 13 with a Sunday Service over Zoom! Join us as we worship together for such a time as this! Sign up for our email newsletter using the form at the bottom right of the page and check House Gatherings to get...
We sat down with our amigo y hermano, fellow pastor and reconciler, prophet and author Pastor David Swanson who recently published “Rediscipling the White Church.” He not only pastors a multiracial church in Chicago, but we share the same spiritual mentor and mother, Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, in the work...
We are so grateful to Pastoras @GailSongBantum and @RevDocBrenda and our familia at Quest Church (@seattlequest) in Seattle. You all are a grace from God. Quest Church posted the following about the recent Zoom interview that serves to fill the gaps until we can all travel to Seattle to meet and update...
The four gospel accounts give us the names of the women who had followed Jesus from Galilee (the beginning of his ministry) to the tomb (the perceived end of his ministry): María Magdalena, Mary the mother of James, Joanna, Salomé & other unnamed ones. They came in the early morning...