Classically-trained tenor, composer, and playwright Justin Payne returns to Countryside this year as featured Good Friday vocalist. Join us at 7 p.m. on Good Friday to experience his incredible vocal […]
Peter claimed he was ready for death. Jesus called his bluff. When the hour came, Peter ran and hid. Maybe Peter should’ve said, “Lord I wanna be ready to go […]
Register here for Easter Brunch! Join us for a delightful Easter Brunch, on Sunday, March 31 at 10 a.m. between services. Register here! Enjoy a spread featuring French toast, fresh […]
One of my friends, Pastor Eric Elnes, says he is building the “new Jerusalem” in the metaverse. Most of my friends prefer the shopping aspects of hybrid worship more than […]
In her book, Freeing Jesus, what she calls a Memoir Theology, Diana Butler Bass, now in her 6th decade of life, shares how she has rediscovered Jesus through six images: […]
On a day not too long ago, to a standing-room-only audience at the newly rechristened Lena Horne theater, a surprise eulogist said: “So many of us think about who or […]
Sometimes the horizontal surfaces at my house require my Tetris skills to tuck and balance things piling upward. When they do, I zealously donate, recycle, or discard items that no […]
As we enter into the Lenten season, I invite you to join us in a time of reflection, devotion and spiritual growth. This is a sacred period in our calendar, […]
