Mar 1, 2014 | Feature Stories
It’s a thrill to swing on the rope and let go with a great splash into exhilarating waters. A terror and a joy to let go and fly into the next moment. Let go. Release the past. Lean into the future. Live deeply the present. A Sufi story credited to Khwaja Ali...
Feb 3, 2014 | From Rev. Dave
Sitting finishing a lovely hot cocoa of a Monday morning (thanks to the care package the church sent me off with), it’s hard to believe a month has passed already. Today started, as has been more the rule than the exception, by taking the boys to school late due...
Feb 1, 2014 | From Rev. Dave
This African American Heritage Month, exploring the received wisdom of the ages, we look to the West African image of Sankofa: the bird forced to fly hastily from its home, yet who carries an egg nestled within its back feathers. Literally “Sankofa” is a...
Jan 1, 2014 | Feature Stories
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there...
Dec 23, 2013 | From Rev. Dave
In Emerson’s essay, “Experience,” he suggests that “The years teach much which the days never know.” As we embark on this adventure of Allegheny’s Sabbatical, let’s hope that what’s true for years is also true for months. Six months, to be...
