Michael’s tribute to Bill Ingold, chapel project coordinator, presented at the Forest Chapel Dedication on December 9, 2015. Pic at top: Bill on the right thanks all the contractors. Most of you know Bill Ingold as the usher with a sardonic wit and an astonishing mustache, who makes playful quips at church-goers, or who hides forks and TV remotes in the freezer when he visits your home. But there are many more sides to him, and I might know him in a few more contexts than most of you. When I first came as pastor, I suggested that the pastor should not also be the moderator of the church business…

By Michael Usey If you haven’t yet read the excellent commentaries on the protesters outside our buildings Sunday morning August 23, I recommend you read the ones by Hayley Turner, Joel Rieves, and Sean Olson (which was a letter to the editor, printed in full in the News & Record on Saturday, August 29). Hayley’s in particular is significant: here is a young woman, having grown up in our church, walking to worship as a college sophomore, being called a whore by the protesters, and yet going on to write a thoughtful and beautiful reflection on following Jesus. I couldn’t be more proud of our little Jezebel. I wanted to…