Passing the Torch

 On March 25th this year, the Olympic Torch finally began its epic journey to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic Games due to start on July 23 – one year later than planned.  Carrying the Olympic Torch, of course, is not only a great honor, it is intended to be potent symbol of international goodwill.  […]

Hard to Love

In our evening services recently, we have been reading from the first epistle of John. It is a text that grounds the present moment simultaneously both deep in the ancient tradition and in the future hope of the world to come. John begins the epistle with bold rhetorical language along these lines, writing that he […]