Rev. Ethan Brown, Pastor and Minister of Care & Discipleship

Our master bathroom isn't much of a "master bathroom." It used to be shared between two rooms before losing a door and being elevated in status. Yet change always brings about unintended consequences, and our tiny bathroom is a bit of a damp cave without the air passing through from multiple rooms. Someone, at some point, tried to improve the air situation with the addition of a bathroom fan—just the wrong kind. When we bought the house, a beautiful hunter ceiling fan hung in the middle of...

Wolves, it seems, can shape the land around them, even determining the course of rivers in their territory. If you are curious about the details you can find a National Geographic video that outlines everything, but essentially it all comes down to the interaction of the wolves with deer. Wolves died out of Yellowstone National Park in the 1930s due to over-hunting, but a small number of them were reintroduced in 1995. In the intervening years, the deer and elk populations had exploded. The...

Easter Sunday morning, 45 of us gathered in the cool morning air of the amphitheater to greet the dawn and remember that Jesus is alive. As we worshipped, the world awoke around us. The fragile glow of the sun strengthened into true morning light and the woods became alive with the sound of birds. Dozens of different calls joined our own to confess the life and new creation of God pulsing all around and within us. Thinking back, I have no idea what birds were present. They were mostly hidden...