Mass killings have claimed four or more American lives every week for the past six weeks, leaving 48 dead and eight wounded in their wake. Why do we keep killing …
Welcome to Hybrid Church
A pastor this week, one of my coaching clients, said to me: “My church is working on reopening. We have a plan in place to maintain social distancing. I think …
Piloting Faith: A Just Economy for a Better World
One of the encouraging byproducts of this time of global lockdown has been the increased curiosity about a global economy that honors people, profit and the planet. More and more …
Where do we go from here?
Yesterday we watched an attempted coup in the United States of America. We watched angry white men and women storm the Capital, push through barriers, break windows, trespass onto the floor …
Church On the Other Side of COVID
By Rev. Cameron Trimble My friend Meryl is a weaver. Many nights she sits in her living room weaving beautiful patterns into fabric on her Saori loom. Her favorite pieces …
PILOTING FAITH: The ONE thing we need after a vaccine
Years ago I went hiking through the rainforests of Costa Rica. I had never before experienced the magnificent energy of a rainforest. I remember my sense of wonder, walking under …
Now We Wait
Now we wait… We wait with our hearts on the line.We wait with our lives and the lives of people we love on the line.We wait with democracy on the …
Piloting Faith: The Common Good
I’ve been collaborating on some projects with author and theologian Matthew Fox recently. In a conversation with our mutual colleague, Dr. Luther Smith, Matthew quoted a statistic that left me …
Piloting Faith: Scale Matters
Every time I get in my airplane to fly, I am required to get a current weather report. In aviation lingo, its called an ATIS (automatic terminal information service) report. I …
Make Church Great Again?
We’ve experienced more life disruption in the past seven months than in the past seven years. We’ve been holding on for dear life. We’ve been telling ourselves we just have …