Just up I-75 from Cincinnati is the small town of Wapakoneta. The official tour guides will tell you that Neil Armstrong is their greatest claim to fame. I say, there is another landmark built of salvage and stone, persistence and struggle along a neighborhood street. It is the Temple of Tolerance, where all are welcome. … Continue reading Visiting the Temple of Tolerance

We hold this annual water collection ceremony to mark places of meaning to us this last year and to join our waters into one bowl of holy water. This year we also commission those who have completed training to be pastoral care specialists.

When it comes to the work of the spirit, what we do matters. And how we do what we do matters even more. Come this Sunday and explore the limits of action and the possibilities of attitude.

This Sunday we will have a board recognition within the service. We hope to have more congregants and friends in the sanctuary and are working on the best way to welcome you back.

Fans of the podcast “Stuff You Missed in History Class” know that they do a special edition toward the end of each year when they tell briefly of things (artifacts, discoveries, or new understanding) which have been “unearthed” in the past year. Listening recently, it occurred to me that all of our lives, our family … Continue reading Unearthed at St. John’s

Last week we talked about how words can get in the way of communication. This week we go from words to whole conversations! What conversations are we reluctant to have with each other? Are there topics that we don’t want to talk about for fear of damaging our relationships? I think each of us struggles … Continue reading Needed Conversations