Ironic Consequences

September 1, 2020Posted inVillage Posts1 Comment
I have been reading a book by Jon Tyson lately called Beautiful Resistance. The first chapter, titled Worship Must Resist Idolatry, includes the following: “Novelist David Foster Wallace said, ‘Pretty much anything… you worship will eat you alive.’ He went on to say that if you worship money and things, you will never have enough. If you worship beauty and sexual allure, you will feel ugly. If you worship…

Celebrating Easter

April 14, 2019Posted inVillage Posts3 Comments
Did you know that in some Christian traditions, Easter is celebrated for 50 days following the season of Lent? This season of feasting is called Easter Season, Eastertide, or Paschaltide. It starts on Easter Sunday and continues through the Feast of the Ascension (the day that celebrates Jesus’ ascension into heaven forty days after his resurrection), ending with the Feast of Pentecost (the day that celebrates Jesus’ sending of…

What does the logo mean: Sue Cepin’s response

September 6, 2014Posted inSusan Cepin
What does the logo mean: Sue Cepin's response The Village believes that the gospel (the circle at the center of the logo) is something that we don't hide, but that as we gather together we gain the courage and the means to take it out to the world. Also, the arrows pointing in are dark, while those moving outward are light. This represents the darkness we experience in the…