Dear friends - While I can remember the feeling of sitting on a board with anxious anticipation: the waiting, the loud noise, the drop -...

Dear friends - A few weeks ago, Tom Ekin sent an article from Stephen Ministry on how to be a better listener. Being a good listener is...

Dear friends - One of the strengths of a healthy congregation is the gift of celebration. We have a lot to celebrate as a church. The...

Dear friends - Did you know that armadillos can jump 3-4 feet in the air? Or that Gila monster only runs about 1 mile an hour? Did you...

I recently came across this picture from years past of a River Glen Riverwalk worship service under the Pavilion in downtown Naperville. ...

Dear friends - As I write this, I have so many tabs open - weather, a packing list on google keep, Enterprise for the rental car -...

Dear friends - One of my favorite reflections on the Holy Spirit comes from Amy Julia Becker, who writes of the Spirit at work, “In...

Dear friends - After four years of great ministry at River Glen, our Children and Family Ministries Director Megan Elder has turned in...

Dear friends - Last week, I heard John Philip Newell speak. He is an author and Celtic spirituality teacher who seeks to help people...

Dear friends - You never know what a difference your words or kindnesses are making in someone's life. I was hospitalized for four days...

Dear friends - Like a sportscar going from 0 to 180, we've shifted right into summer! Not only temperature-wise, though that has been...

Dear friends - May is mental health awareness month. With so many struggling through and now starting to come out of pandemic, with the...

Dear friends - On Tuesday night, we had a significant Session meeting full of all sorts of meaningful ministry. Five members of the...

Dear friends - Happy Earth Day! The first earth day was in 1970, created through demonstrations and an emerging awareness of...

Dear friends - Did you know that a little over a year ago, the city of Naperville hired our first Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)...

Dear friends - Children's Choir Fountains, rocks, and palms Bells Choir Communion Flowering of the Cross (bring some flowers to weave...

Dear friends - A question came up in Session: can we have Covid data metrics so we'll know about changing masking protocols? While that...

Dear friends - For vacation, would you rather go to a national park or on a mission trip? Some friends posed this question to their two...

Dear friends - On Tuesday evening during dinner, I had not turned my phone volume down and suddenly it buzzed a few times with text...

Dear friends - Oh, our poor teachers and school administrators. They can't win right now. Our poor medical workers - exhausted,...