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In our Scripture this week, “Jesus subverts our expectations and invites us to see blessing a different way,” writes the Rev. Yein Kim, “one that is not dependent on external circumstances.”

The Congregational Nominating & Leadership Development Committee is pleased to place on the ballot the persons listed below for election to five positions on the Congregational Council.

“In this world there is danger and pain and, yes, goodness. But God can be found in all of it,” writes the Rev. Yein Kim. Seeking God in every circumstance — especially the places we are most vulnerable — is the only way we can be at peace.

It’s easy to think the Bible has little to do with our day-to-day lives. But “the Bible contains the record of humanity’s interaction with God across the millennia,” writes the Rev. Matthew Welsch. “And God has always called God’s people to do the same things: feed the hungry, care for the sick, and liberate the oppressed.”

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe and President of the House of Deputies Julia Ayala Harris comment on the President’s immigration directives.

In an exclusive interview, the renowned poet Christian Wiman reflects on how “wonder — at love, at beauty, at the fact that we are alive at all” can sustain us in even the most difficult times. Wiman joins Trinity Talks soon.

When we follow Jesus’s countercultural example, resistance to evil looks radically different. “Hate for hate only intensifies the existence of hate . . . in the universe,” preached Martin Luther King Jr. So, even when it costs us, we forgive others as God has forgiven us. “Impossible love like this,” writes Kathy Bozzuti-Jones, “has the power to charge a brutal world with holiness.”

Trinity’s spring lineup—featuring world-renowned artists and emerging voices—embodies the church’s focus on peacemaking and celebrates the transformative power of art to inspire change and healing.

Jesus comes to establish a new era of unending justice, in which anything that stands in the way of God’s love will fall away. “For those who hoard wealth, lord their power over the weak, and refuse to follow Jesus’s example,” writes Summerlee Staten, it’s a scary thought. But at its core, it’s a message of lasting liberation — for all of us.

During Advent, we remember the unique role Mary played as “the God-bearer whose relationship with God changed the course of human history,” writes the Rev. Yein Kim. As we celebrate Mary’s bold faith, “let us trust that our own relationship with God — and our calling as God-bearers — can also change the world in ways beyond the limits of our imagination.”