Back from sabbatical adventure!

Back from sabbatical adventure!

It is wonderful to be back with all of you after the gift of this sabbatical summer! Marco, Krysia, and I are grateful for this time of rest, reflection, and renewal and are glad to be returning to the faith community of First Christian Church. I trust that your time...
Save Asylum Update

Save Asylum Update

Six asylum seekers urge Senator Kyrsten Sinema to consider CBP oversight, immediately restoring access to asylum at the US-Mexico border. The migrants shared that they experienced death threats, corruption, organized crime, and gender-based violence in their...
Land Acknowledgement

Land Acknowledgement

Each week we start our worship service with an acknowledgement that we reside on land that is precious and has been cared for, loved, and held sacred by many peoples that came before us. The original inhabitants, the Hohokam and Sobaipuri people, considered the land...
The End of Our Summer Journey of Sabbatical

The End of Our Summer Journey of Sabbatical

“And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.” –  2 Corinthians 3:18 We are coming to...
Chaos and Faith

Chaos and Faith

Many people would agree that there have been high levels of chaos present in the past year and a half.  We have had to think in new ways, invent different ways to be church, and find creative ways to stay close to loved ones and friends.  This, in a word, has...