Like many denominations, The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is working to communicate to its congregations and with its ecumenical partners using new tools. The Rev. Teresa “Terri” Hord Owens, the general minister and president
When Rabbi David A. Ingber arrived at Chautauqua from Colorado a week ago, he was late for a Shabbat meal with friends. He changed, got into the “rabbi mobile” and practiced his “rabbinic wave” and
“As children, my twin brother, Adam, and I were terrified of going to sleep. I mean, who wants to go to bed? So our mother would read us Ira Sleeps Over,” said Rabbi David A.
“How we frame ‘breaking’ makes all the difference,” said Rabbi David A. Ingber at the 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3 morning ecumenical worship service in the Amphitheater. His sermon title was “Broken Tablets,” and the
Rabbi David A. Ingber was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home and for a while was ultra-Orthodox. “I am now the rabbi of a congregation that meets in a Presbyterian Church. There is yoga and
“We are living in a time of transition and instability, and music and the arts offer us wonder and a radical expression of hope. They help us balance our lives in the presence of wonder,
At the top of Rabbi David A. Ingber’s information page of the Romemu website is a quote: “What we need is a living breathing Judaism, not an object of veneration kept in a locked box.
“What do we have to do to ensure the freedom and safety of all in a country where putting children in prison was no longer an option?” the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson asked the congregation at
The weather was a little iffy, with the possibility of rain, Thursday, July 28, during the ecumenical worship service in the Amphitheater. The Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson reassured the congregation that if it did rain, she
“I am calling us to be citizens of a country that does not yet exist,” the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson said. “The most hopeful thing for us is to pull up anchor from a world that
“The music has been a balm on my heart this week, starting with the Christmas in July service on Sunday evening. Today we walk through the valley in peace,” said the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson at
“These words always come back to me,” said the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson at the 9:15 a.m. Monday, July 25, morning ecumenical worship service in the Amphitheater. “The women — Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother
“Even in the beauty of this place, I do come with a heavy heart. You have been ministering to me with your smiles,” said the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson to the congregation at the 10:45 a.m.
In the fall of her junior year at Fisk University, the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson was asked to be the “makeshift student chaplain.” Someone had to choose the hymns and transpose music to play on the
“So, I was invited to speak to a gathering of foster grandparents in Orange County one summer. And for some reason they invited me back the next summer. After I spoke, a woman came up
“So, a guy named Daniel, an older guy who walks with a limp and has a cane, is in charge of the list, the list of people who sign up to talk with me,” said