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Memories of MRB (with a little hope, too)
by Rachel Gates We’ve gathered in every possible kind of place over the years. In the beginning, we met on the Southside in space kindly loaned to us by ChatHOP. We would have a potluck every single week after church, slow cookers filled to the brim with whatever we had in our pantries, and somehow…
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Living the Church Calendar
New beginnings. Every year on December 31, my family would gather around the television in the living room shortly before midnight to watch the ball drop in Times Square. We would pop bottles of sparkling grape juice and cheer in the New Year. I remember a sense that something was supposed to be different–I always…