by mtangen | Aug 26, 2024 | Pastor Peter
I love food. All of it. The growing, harvesting, chopping and creating, as well as the umami of enjoying all of it with others. Right now, I am reveling in the simple miracle of slicing a ripe heirloom tomato. Contemplating the color and vitality of a tomato like a...
by mtangen | Jul 25, 2024 | Pastor Peter
A Theme for Such a Time as This: David Brooks’ “How to Know a Person” and a Call to the Deep Well of Repair Each year during summer—as we spend time praying and planning and playing and dreaming and vacationing and having good conversations—we wonder as a staff and...
by mtangen | Jun 25, 2024 | Pastor Peter
I’ve been feeling pretty nostalgic lately. It might be a mix of turning ten years old both in ministry and of being a parent. I know, I know, just getting started. But still. Perhaps it’s also giving thanks for a season of ministry that is noticeably less pivoting and...
by mtangen | Apr 23, 2024 | Pastor Peter
Christ is risen, dear Trinity! Christ is risen indeed. Alleluia! Honestly, it never gets old. I hope this is my first and last line each and every day, as well as my very last in some shape or prayer-form or sigh. Perhaps unbeknownst to us, it is for everyone. It says...
by mtangen | Mar 26, 2024 | Pastor Peter
Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen, Indeed! Alleluia! Moving through these last fleeting days of Lent 2024, I am thanking God for a sense of fullness in Christ seeping through the wideness of Trinity. There is no question that we continue to lean into our values—a...
by mtangen | Feb 20, 2024 | Pastor Peter
Lent is shorthand for the “lengthening” in Middle English, pointing to longer days as springtime arrives. While this winter has been a head scratcher, I am definitely looking forward to longer days and more sunshine. Bring on the light! In the Body of Christ, Lent...
