As part of our observance of the Labor Day weekend, and as we have done now for several years, we gathered for worship this past Sunday in the Morris Pavilion on campus. It was a particularly lovely day, with a hint of fall in the cool air and I was reminded again of how special […]
Dear friends, This past Sunday was a very special day here at Warren Wilson Presbyterian. If you were not able to be here, this was the Sunday we welcomed the new students to campus, and to our church–always one of our favorite Sundays of the year. But this year we enjoyed an added bonus: we
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Dear friends, The tragedy unfolding in Houston (and southeast Texas more generally) is weighing heavily on our hearts. I’m sure that many of you are already wondering how best to respond. Right now the most immediate need is for relief support and assistance for the millions of people displaced from their homes. This support
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Dear friends, In light of recent events in Charlottesville and, now, Barcelona, the Black Mountain/Swannanoa Ministerial Association will host a prayer vigil for peace this Sunday (August 20) in the town park in Black Mountain. The ecumenical vigil will start at 12:30. All people of faith and conscience are welcome to attend. As many of
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Georges-Pierre Seurat was a French painter from the 19th century. He is most famous for helping to pioneer a style of painting known as pointillism. In this method, the artist applied hundreds of small individual dots of paint to a canvas. Up close these dots looked just like the name implies–like a blotch of tiny
I want to use this space this month to update all of you about the status of the Waldrop bequest. In particular, and in the spirit of transparency, I want to fill you in on where we are in our discernment process centered on how to steward this gift to maximize its benefit. And I
In 2014 Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian and journalist, published a book called Utopia for Realists. In it, he makes a surprisingly convincing case that, despite what we might currently believe about the state of the world, life is getting better for the overwhelming majority of the world’s citizens. He carefully documents how human beings
“What’s in a name?” It’s one of the most famous lines from one of the world’s greatest plays. The question is posed by Juliet, who asks it of Romeo, by way of arguing that their love can overcome the bitter rivalry that separates their two families, the Montagues and Capulets. With Easter now in our
Lent is always, at least in part, a journey of reflection and discovery. But this year that has been especially true for us here at the Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church. Recent changes in federal policy (some of them proposed, some of them already in effect), regarding our Muslim and immigrant friends and neighbors have concerned
In her final sermon here, Beth told a story about how quickly our congregation is adapting to and implementing the internal structure of our ministry plan. (See the following pages for one last word from Beth and a photo from Sunday’s wonderful luncheon celebration.) She noted that at the most recent meeting of the Congregational
