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Food waste has become an enormous problem in our country, and the EPA has come up with a challenge for us to reduce this waste.  Many of churches have ministries that feed the hungry and care for the homeless and poor, just like Jesus taught us.  How could Union Church couple these two initiatives? Could… Read more.

In Jeremiah 31, God speaks of writing a new covenant, not on stone or on paper, but on the hearts of the people. The words of love and relationship will be inside and indelible. As you think about your heart, and perhaps the heart of your work and time this week, here is the prayer… Read more.

This week we are praying with Bread for the World to end childhood hunger. Here is the prayer we offered on Sunday morning reminding us of our common humanity, one shared by Jesus and proclaimed holy by his saving love. We Long for Community O God, the source of our common life, When we are… Read more.

This week in our readings Paul spoke of the foolishness of the Gospel saving those who are perishing and Jesus turned the tables on the money changers in the 2nd chapter of John. Here is the prayer offered by Bill Srsic, our worship leader, as we consider the tables in our lives that need to… Read more.

Harriet “Jenny” Bromley writes very movingly of the critical need for sound judgment and resistance to stereotyping. This short essay from a few weeks ago, is a reminder that every event touches us. Many thanks to Jenny for sharing her thoughts and prayers. The tragedy of the murders to silence the free speech of the… Read more.

Member Tina Parker has recently finished a new volume of her poetry, Another Offering. “They tell the story of a young girl (much like myself, it so happens) coming-of-age in Southern Appalachia and the Southern Baptist church,” she writes. The book is due to ship in June. As you know poets have to do a… Read more.

Transfiguration, the day of change and challenge, is always the last day in the season after Epiphany and the Sunday immediately before the start of Lent. In the story we see Jesus on the mountain with 3 disciples visited by Moses and Elijah and a reprise of the voice at his baptism. Tempted to remain… Read more.

With pipes frozen and more snow on the way, here is a reminder from the poet  Lynn Ungar. We used this as the benediction for our online Ash Wednesday service. May it be a blessing  and reminder as the snow falls. SALVATION By what are you saved? And how? Saved like a bit of string,… Read more.