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Self help. A photo posted by SALT (@saltproject) on Aug 4, 2015 at 6:31am PDT

When Jesus proclaims himself to be the “bread of life” in the gospel of John, he sets himself apart from some of the daily fare we encounter. How often do we feed on mistrust, on the fears we so easily manufacture, on the titillation of being voyeurs in a violent world? Rev. Kent in his… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 9, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation “If the angel deigns to come, it will be because you have convinced her, not by your tears, but by your resolve to make a beginning, to be a beginner.” —Rainer… Read more.

 A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Tenth Sunday after Pentecost August 2, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation God longs for God and uses us, rises in us…becomes in us. Let us be silent, a quiet dough where God moves into every pore… where God lives as God pleases…. Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Ninth Sunday after Pentecost July 26, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation “Once I knew only darkness and stillness… my life was without past or future… but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness,… Read more.

A Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 19, 2015, 10:30 am Meditation “Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.” —John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) From there to here Prelude     Towers           Cathy… Read more.

The Loyal Jones Appalachian Center (working with the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center) will be accepting donations in response to the recent devastating flash flood events that took place in Eastern Kentucky and in particular the community of Flatgap in Johnson County, Kentucky (http://www.kentucky.com/2015/07/15/3945633/search-resumes-for-six-missing.html).  Many farms and communities in counties close to Madison have also… Read more.

Union Church member, the Rev. Bob Shaffer, was asked to address the Whipporwill Festival on the topic of proposed fracking (oil and gas extraction using hydraulic fracturing of the rock layers.)  Fracking produces enormous quantities of poisoned waste water and can generate earthquakes and other unfortunate environmental impacts. Fracking has been proposed for the Red… Read more.