All Saints Hymns Update
David Lutes and All Saints Hymns were honored to have Be Thou My Vision, from the recent hymns album Singing Stones chosen for Cardiphonia’s Hymns for the Ascension compilation, released on May 22. Cardiphonia, a collective of worship directors, musicians, producers,…
Letter From Melissa Kummerer
On Sunday, we welcomed 51 people into membership at All Saints, and baptized 12 children. It is pretty easy to see this evidence of growth and blessing at All Saints, as we move toward our 9th birthday in September. But…
Labor Of Prayer: Art Of Sonya Berg Menges
The top of the clock tower in the center of town was my favorite spot for inspiration and prayer during the semester I spent in Orvieto, Italy. From the highest point in the quaint medieval city I watched the sunset…
eat these books
John Perkins hosts Grace And The Table: A Theology of Food, on January 28. Here, he briefly recommends three books that helped shape his own “theology of food.” For The Life Of The World, Alexander Schmemann This book, along with…
Christmas movie magic
Somewhere down the line on the list of things that make Christmas special and unique – you know, after Jesus, family, etc. – is one my favorite holiday traditions: Christmas movies. The ubiquitous, unavoidable and unrelenting barrage of Christmas movies….
a theology of food
“We have made a bad habit of pitting the physical against the spiritual. And by we, I mean the western church in general, and you and I in particular. If God had been interested in a purely ‘spiritual’ world, he…
How Do We “Walk Along Side” One Another?
In her letter to the congregation posted earlier this week, Melissa said that “our desire is to develop a culture . . . where those in need receive care, and we are able to minister by bearing one another’s burdens.” …