From Mark:

For the past few weeks we have considered the governing metaphor of the Appalachian Trail and how our life together as a faith community often places us in varying locations with diverse traveling partners. This Sunday we intentionally begin aligning our journey with significant elements of the church universal for an important and what I'm sure will be grace-filled time on the trail.

As we begin to consider the life of Christ, Sunday marks our encounter with the incarnation. How did God come to us? Why in the world would God choose to come through thelegs of a woman in route to making redemption possible? Why did God choose a baby instead of apache helicopters?

In the incarnation, we see an incredible expression of the creativity of God and that creative brilliance of our Creator will be our focus this weekend. I hope you might begin thinking about ways in which you creatively engage the world - art, music, sermon, writing, teaching, etc. What's involved in the creative process? If God is creative and we are imago dei [created in the image of God], what does that mean about being fully human? How does the incarnation express the creativity of God?

Come at 5:00 for a creative potluck dinner and at 6:00 we will take up this part of the journey with many others around the world.

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