By Annie Turner Recently, I started knitting a Reiki shawl for my husband as a belated Christmas present. The yarn is this astonishing, hand-dyed Bad Sheep yarn in a multitude of bright colors. I finished one ball and got set to stretch out the next skein and roll it into a ball. Somehow, something went badly wrong. Satanically wrong. Throw the skein…

As the new pastor of the church, I have been amazed by how people described their relationship with the church as transformative – that their involvement with this congregation has deeply impacted their lives and changed them for the better. Here’s just a few such sentiments I have heard: I give thanks for the loving kindness and generous Spirit that is at…