San Bernardino's UCC Church

So, even in the church, struggles for power manage to distract and frustrate us. We're now getting into the deeper levels of decision making by the delegates to the assembly, and things are quite complicated. There are problems with the nominations not meeting the desired number of young adult delegates, and challenges in shaping the statement of the assembly, among other concerns. Our Bible study this morning was about Paul's writing on strength in weakness, which doesn't seem to always be evident in practice in our lives.

And at the same time, there is creative thinking going on about how to take the energy and excitement about what's happening here and carry it forward with better networks and connections into the future, from a grassroots level. There's just such an astonishing amount of passion and energy around so many issues and possibilities here, that it's very hopeful for the world if we can move forward from here and not trip over our own shoelaces.