What’s Freedom For?
by Rev. Dr. George Mason The Fourth of July is never behind us. It represents something abiding in our national consciousness. Freedom is the watchword of our collective spirit. We […]
A Faithful Response to a Democracy at Risk
by Mara Richards Bim When elementary school children in the U.S. study the founding of our country, they learn about the British Stamp Act of 1765 and the American colonists’ […]
Stoking Faith, Not Fear
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten Every day the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sends out an email titled, “Daily Campus Crisis Alert.” Crises include students walking out on Duke’s commencement speaker, a fraternity […]
Lessons from the Eclipse: Finding Light in the Blackout
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten Last week people across North America put on special glasses, tipped their heads up, and watched the solar eclipse. The energy created in those few minutes acted […]
There’s A New World Coming: Let’s Make It a Better One
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten “It’s not the end of the world.” How many of us have said something like that to someone we love when trying to comfort them, or […]
Sermon: “The Third Way”
by Rev. Dr. George Mason February 14, 2024 Ash Wednesday | Woodland Church | San Antonio, TX Scripture: 8:31-38 It would be easy to read Jesus in Mark’s Gospel as […]
Sermon: “All In”
by Rev. Dr. George Mason January 7, 2024 | Church of the Transfiguration | Dallas, TX Scripture: Mark 1:4-11 Do you see what he did, your good rector? He looked […]
Rescuing Food and Recovering Faith
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten In January of 2023 Faith Commons invited a group of people to a meeting to discuss how to reduce food insecurity in Dallas. To be honest, […]
What will become of us in 2024?
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten Last week someone asked to meet us at our location. We had to explain that Faith Commons is not a brick and mortar operation. Our location […]
Slouching toward Bethlehem
by Rev. Dr. George Mason, Second Baptist Church, Lubbock, Texas 2nd Sunday of Advent, December 10, 2023 | Isaiah 40:1-5; 2 Peter 3:8-15a It’s an occupational hazard, I suppose. Whenever […]