Still Grateful in 2020
When the Apostle Paul said, “praise the Lord in all circumstances,” I think he had the year 2020 in mind. As this annual tradition of gratitude comes around, uppermost in
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Ways to Serve in Germantown
Some of you have asked about volunteering for needy families on other days besides Fridays at 12:30. Here are some options: Thursday food delivery – like Fridays, pick up groceries
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How Religion Can Help Put Our Democracy Back Together
Amid the 21st-century funk of bad blood between religion and politics in the press comes this breath of fresh air: an article by Richard Just, the editor of the Washington
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My Vote’s In – Now What?
Unfortunately, there is little chance of a clear winner for this election for weeks to come. . . . I hope I’m wrong. But if not, the country will be
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Public Policy: the Work of the Thrivers
As Dom Hélder Pessoa Câma, Brazilian Archbishop from 1964 – 1985, famously said: “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they
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Montgomery County Questions A – D for Dummies
If you have not voted yet, I wanted to bring your attention not to the headliner vote of the highest office in the land but the more local decision-making that
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The Gift of the Non-Response
Logic would dictate that to love someone, at the very least, you have to respond to them. That the basic building blocks of healthy dialogue are the give-and-take, a back-and-forth
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Thank you to our Black Rock Volunteers!
Listen to the Director of our Black Rock Food Distribution Hub share her heart for feeding Germantown families. Don’t miss her big ‘thank you’ at the end for all you
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“We love Jesus, but . . . “
This phrase is becoming a ‘thing.’ Usually, it refers to the ‘but’ in our lives of things we do but Jesus wouldn’t approve of: “I love Jesus but I cuss
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Reopening: Which Phase are YOU?
Just as each county/state/country is in a particular phase of re-opening their businesses, schools, and community organizations, so each family and individual is in a particular phase of re-opening. We
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