{"id":40,"date":"2021-11-27T15:17:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T15:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2021-11-27T15:33:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T15:33:14","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-152 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-video tag-alan-taylor tag-breakthrough-congregation tag-path-of-risk tag-unity-temple tag-uua\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/2021\/12\/06\/video-taking-the-path-of-risk\/\" target=\"_self\" >Video: Taking the Path of Risk<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Five years into my ministry at Unity Temple, the congregation was designated a &#8220;Breakthrough Congregation&#8221; by the Unitarian Universalist Association because of the congregation&#8217;s rapid growth and expanded social outreach. This profile of Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation was produced by Laurence and Susan Marcinkus to be shown at the UUA General Assembly in June&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-12-06T10:51:49-06:00\">December 6, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-150 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-sermons\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/2021\/12\/04\/so-much-is-in-flower-so-much-is-in-bud\/\" target=\"_self\" >So Much Is in Flower, So Much Is in Bud<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Sermon from April 8, 2021 My favorite week of spring is when the magnolia trees begin to flower, the daffodils explode into bursts of yellow, and other spring flowers and blossoms dot the landscape. For these are signs of rebirth and new beginnings. As we move deeper into this season of renewal, I invite you&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-12-04T18:36:35-06:00\">December 4, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-147 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-memorials-and-celebrations-of-life\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/2021\/12\/04\/celebration-of-life-for-john-wood\/\" target=\"_self\" >Celebration of Life for John Wood<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We gather this afternoon in this sanctuary to celebrate the life and mourn the death of John Francis Wood. John was born in Chicago on July 24, 1938 and he died January 12 of this year. We gather in appreciation for his life of 79 years and to give voice to our grief that he&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-12-04T17:41:11-06:00\">December 4, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-142 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-worship\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/2021\/12\/03\/worship\/\" target=\"_self\" >Worship<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Worship is the beating heart of congregational life, and I approach it as a craft that listens closely to the needs of the members and responds in a genuine, thoughtful way. I put a great deal of energy and care into crafting meaningful sermons and worship services. I enjoy the craft of finding music and&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-12-03T23:24:49-06:00\">December 3, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-135 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-video tag-chicago tag-courage tag-heart tag-love\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/2021\/12\/03\/video-love-with-courage\/\" target=\"_self\" >Video: Love with Courage<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\"> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-12-03T11:45:41-06:00\">December 3, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/2021\/10\/27\/the-wisdom-of-sacrifice\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Wisdom of Sacrifice<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/2021\/10\/27\/the-wisdom-of-sacrifice\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1195\" src=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-pixabay-36717.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Wisdom of Sacrifice\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-pixabay-36717.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-pixabay-36717-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-pixabay-36717-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-pixabay-36717-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-pixabay-36717-1536x956.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Over the last two weeks, I\u2019ve heard lots of deep concern and appreciation for the medical personnel who are on the frontline confronting the Covid-19 epidemic, risking exposure and literally putting their own health\u2014and that of their family\u2019s\u2014at risk. I\u2019ve also had conversations with physicians about it, and I\u2019m truly inspired by them. The three&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-10-27T00:25:48-05:00\">October 27, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-110 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-weekly-column tag-marlin-lavanhar tag-race-massacre tag-tulsa\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/2021\/06\/02\/tulsa-trauma-and-grace\/\" target=\"_self\" >Tulsa, Trauma, and Grace<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">June 2, 2021 Dear Members and Friends, During last Sunday\u2019s service, it was a privilege to articulate my theology of grace within a ruptured world. I shared the deeply disturbing story how Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s first cousin, Richard Lloyd Jones, founded the All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa and how, through his newspaper, he was&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-06-02T15:49:00-05:00\">June 2, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-62 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/2020\/02\/15\/taking-heart-amidst-disappointment\/\" target=\"_self\" >Taking Heart Amidst Disappointment<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/2020\/02\/15\/taking-heart-amidst-disappointment\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Taking Heart Amidst Disappointment\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1-300x209.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This morning, February 14, I attended the hearing for Mario and his two younger children at the Brownsville immigration court, essentially a large tent right next to the bridge to Matamoros in which rooms have been created with television screens. I knew that the judge and interpreter would not be physically present\u2014they were at the&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2020-02-15T06:08:00-06:00\">February 15, 2020<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-70 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/2020\/01\/15\/people-at-the-border-need-our-prayers-and-our-support-2\/\" target=\"_self\" >People at the Border Need Our Prayers and Our Support<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Mario has now lived in a tent with his 4 year old son Steven and his 9 year old daughter Belen for six months. They are lovely people from Honduras seeking asylum but have been stuck at the border since August. His wife and eldest daughter are in Dallas, also awaiting an asylum hearing. They&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2020-01-15T13:35:00-06:00\">January 15, 2020<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-72 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/2019\/11\/06\/border-reflections\/\" target=\"_self\" >Border Reflections<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">It\u2019s been three weeks since I returned from the border. On my last day there, I bought a phone for Mario, the Honduran man his 4 and 9 year old children with him and whose wife and eldest daughter are in Dallas. They left before him after Mario\u2019s brother-in-law was killed and they feared their&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2019-11-06T19:52:00-06:00\">November 6, 2019<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invex.design\/dev\/love-with-courage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}