A Gathering Space for: Conversation, Connection, Community Change.

Sunrise

With warm hearts and open minds, we welcome all to celebrate Easter! 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 17 | Water Works Park Celebrate Easter sunrise with Hyde Park United Methodist in…

Rise!

Friday ContemplationI am super pumped for all of the things going on at The Portico. Sunday is The Gathering at 10:30 and The Community Meal. We are building Mindi’s house.…

Do What Matters

“Service Before Self,” it’s one of those Air Force core values that has always stuck with me over the years. If I’m being honest, they’ve all stuck, but that’s besides…

The Spectrum of Expression

In college, after I changed my major to Communication Sciences and Disorders, I felt like I’d finally found my academic home.The major, also known as Speech-Pathology and Audiology, was the…

Give Grace!

Friday Contemplation: Forgiveness is complicated! Everyone wants it, but not everyone offers it (especially when others aren’t remorseful). Rembrandt’s masterpiece tells one of my favorite stories in the Bible from…

The City is Blooming

It may sound a bit weird, but Daylight Savings Time is my favorite time of the year.A Florida winter is not the worst situation. When I lived in D.C., this Florida…

Find Your Piece

Friday Contemplation: Find your part! Each piece of the above wall/mosaic makes up the whole. The Apostle Paul (aka Saul) flushes this “every part matters” idea out in a few…

A March to Remember

Friend, I blinked and it was mid-MARCH! As the saying goes “time flies…” but I must say, what I’ve been working on as of late, has been much more than…

Spring Forward

Friday Contemplation: Spring Forward! Sunday the clocks move up at 2 a.m. to 3. Join The Gathering on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and the Community Meal at noon. Usually I…

Change your mind!

Friday Contemplation: REPENT. We are in Lent. Wednesday we smudged ashes on our head to remember that everyone is going to die. In a word, Lent is fundamentally about repentance.…