Pastor Meghan Aelabouni discusses how doubt can be essential for faith. She offers 10 ways to doubt faithfully. Check out the latest podcast here and on iTunes. You can read the article here. Photo by OscarE. Used with permission.
Do you want to meet with other young adult women and share community, maybe dinner and discuss the topics that appear in each issue of Café? January 2014 Faithful doubt by Meghan Aelabouni A pastor explains why doubt is essential to faith. Faith reflections: 10 Ways to doubt faithfully by Meghan Aelabouni Download the Café […]
Pastor Megan Rohrer explores giving archetypes from the Bible. What type of giver are you? Check out the latest podcast here and on iTunes. You can read the article here. Photo by MissMessie. Used with permission.
by Meghan Aelabouni In the fall of 2007, a published collection of Mother Teresa’s private letters revealed that this world-renowned servant of the poorest of the poor, candidate for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church, suffered from intense spiritual doubts for much of her life. Some Christians were aghast to think that Mother […]
by Meghan Aelabouni I have always loved the conversation in Mark’s gospel between Jesus and a father who pleads for healing for his son. The father describes the son’s ailment as an evil spirit: Jesus asked the father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. It […]
Do you want to meet with other young adult women and share community, maybe dinner and discuss the topics that appear in each issue of Café? December 2013 A giving season by Megan Rohrer While sleeping on the street, this pastor learned an important lesson about giving. Faith reflections: What type of giver are you? […]
by Megan Rohrer Some people think faithful giving always comes from a cheerful giver with Good Samaritan values (generous without expectation of repayment in the future). But, the giving of biblical characters is much more diverse and human. In our own lives, our giving shifts based on our access to resources, trust of […]
by Megan Rohrer Since 2002 I’ve been the executive director of Welcome, a non-profit organization that serves the homeless and hungry in San Francisco. So when I think about giving, it would be easy to talk about the hundreds of thousands of meals I’ve cooked, the more than five and a half tons of […]
Do you want to meet with other young adult women and share community, maybe dinner and discuss the topics that appear in each issue of Café? November 2013 Boundaries: How I learned to stop taking responsibility for everything and love my limits by Collette Broady A pastor and mom shares how she learned the hard […]
The Rev. Collette Broady writes in this month’s article about boundaries, “Setting boundaries, then, is a means of living into the freedom I have in Christ, to be who I am meant to be, to take hold of the things God has given me to do, and to let God do the rest.” Check […]