by MCCDC-Dale | May 23, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
Jesus says, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you; but the kind of peace I give you is not the world’s peace.”(John 14:27) What sort of peace does he mean? And was it a gift only to those who heard him or is it a gift we receive as well? The...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 16, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Imagine a place where mercy resides, love forms each heart and compassion is lived out with grit and determination.” ~ Cynthia Langston Kirk Rev. Troy Perry wasn’t sure what was ahead. Because he was gay, he had recently been defrocked by the church...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 9, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
Dear MCCDC, It has been a joy to be in community with you since moving to Washington, DC in 2015. Thank you for welcoming me into your lives and homes, to meals and to plays, to movies and for walks. It has been a privilege to pray with you, serve you communion, and...
by MCCDC-Dale | Apr 25, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
John’s Gospel begins with “In the beginning was the Word…” John’s Gospel ends with “There are many other things that Jesus did—yet if they were written down in detail, the world itself, I suppose, couldn’t hold all the books that would have to be written” ( John...
by MCCDC-Dale | Apr 18, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn’t exist.” ~Azar Nafisi The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus call us to imagine the unimaginable. Between Good Friday and Easter Sunday Jesus enters the darkness. Then, darkness is...
by MCCDC-Dale | Apr 11, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Blessed are hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.” ~ Albert Camus This Sunday we are going to Jerusalem. There, in Jerusalem, we will enter a love story. It is a love story from the heart of Jesus. As told in Matthew’s gospel, the path to Jerusalem begins...
