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Leading with Love
posted on May 25, 2022 Dear Church, I found myself with a few minutes to spare yesterday while waiting in the doc's office for my annual check-up. I did what so many of us do with a few spare minutes and opened the news app on my phone to discover the first wave of r...
Read MoreThis is (Trav) Us
posted on May 23, 2022 Meet our new staff person, Travis Helms .
From whence have you come?
I was born in 1983 in Houston, Texas, in the forepangs of Hurricane Aliciaâ€"to a mom who taught me the wisdom of a smile and the transcendence of The Beatles, and a...
Read MoreCommunity Performances
posted on Apr 27, 2022 Check out these community spring performances and support local art in Jackson.
Jackson Hole High School presents Chicago . Join us to see your favorite high school thespians perform at the JHHS Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on the following dates:...
Read MoreA Beautiful Mess
posted on Apr 14, 2022 In case you missed it (ICYMI), here is Jimmy's reflection for the Easter season... I started a piece a few minutes ago using the metaphor of the Easter Brunch dining room table, and it was pretentious and smacked of privilege. Not that it wasn'...
Read MoreWelcome Helms Family
posted on Apr 14, 2022 Join us in welcoming the Helms Family to Jackson and Travis onto the St. John's staff. Travis Helms is a priest and poet with a deep love for exploring how creativity can draw us closer to God and one another. After serving in the Peace Corps i...
Read MoreUkraine Refugee Crisis
posted on Apr 14, 2022 As we all know, over seven million Ukrainians have been displaced by the war with Russia. Over two million have made their way to Poland. Having seen the incredibly distressing circumstances over the course of the war, we've decided to go to Pola...
Read MoreGod an Outdroduction
posted on Apr 5, 2022 ICYMI, you can revisit our Lenten formation offerings by watching the videos here.
Here is the worksheet for week 2 learning.
Here is the worksheet for week 3 learning.
Read MoreManifesto of Encouragement
posted on Mar 16, 2022 A message from Suzanne Harris in the Sonoran Desert... We get so much toxic news that we need to balance it with some hopeful imagination. Try reading this poem by Danielle Laporte slowly and with curiosity.
Manifesto of Encouragement ...
Read MoreFinding joy in Lent
posted on Mar 11, 2022 Happy Lent! This year I am finding more joy in Lent than I have in the past. Perhaps I am simply allowing myself to feel more joy in a time that we traditionally believe is meant to be solemn and sober. I'm sure kicking the season off with the fi...
Read MoreBetter Together
posted on Mar 10, 2022 In Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth, he says that he and his other compadres in mission are "fools for Christ." Most certainly your church staff is following in Paul's nearly two thousand year old tradition of foolishness. By ...
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