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Parish on Fire

Reflections on faithfulness in a time of uncertainty

Month: September 2022

Feather the clutch

Feather the clutch, he said. First, it was my seminary classmate who spoke these words, gently, as I destroyed the transmission of his Mazda 5 in a church parking lot in El Cerrito. And soon after, a congregant from the church where I had interned, as I blocked an intersection in downtown Juneau with a … Continue reading Feather the clutch →

LBK Uncategorized Leave a comment September 12, 2022 4 Minutes

What’s on fire?

Santa Rosa, CA has the fourth highest rate of unsheltered people in the United States, in part because of the 2017 wildfires that burned ten percent of the city. So far, Santa Rosa has struggled with how to respond to present suffering while also anticipating future increased uncertainty.

The same might be said of The United Methodist Church at large.

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