Have you felt some anger out in public recently? Maybe even some over-the-top, crazy, mind-boggling anger? My wife Grace was driving the other week and she passed this car on the side of the road. It was pulled over – all the way to the curb – and she passed slowly, legally, all that. A … Continue reading An Invitation to Civility and a Different Way of Public Engagement

Good morning, I’m Lydia, the new pastor here at Reservoir. I moved from San Francisco a month ago and I expected some things about Boston. I expected it to be very cold. I brought out all my skiing gear, wool layers, heat tech tights. I was getting ready for a battle. Honestly, I was scared … Continue reading God With Us: Expectation Vs. Reality

Introduction: Reservoir Visits Asha Hello, I’m Steve, one of our pastors here at Reservoir. I was away last week because I was in India for a week with a few friends from Reservoir. We were visiting a partner organization called Asha that does sustainable community development work in the slums of Delhi, transforming people’s lives … Continue reading An Invitation to Pay Attention

If you are up for eating these 40 Days - if you are up for really digesting them - that they will be brave, brave days ahead of you!

I don’t know that I’ve ever told you this, but in my high school yearbook, I was voted Class Optimist. It was the peak of Generation X, we were all born during Watergate and at the end of the Vietnam War, smallish high school too – so the competition was low. But still, I’ve on … Continue reading Looking for God in Hard Times

The following is a close (but not exact) transcript of Steve Watson’s sermon from 2/18/2018: Sexual violence has been a big part of our past. I’ve been riveted this past year as woman after woman has spoken up about experience of sexual assault in the workplace. This moment where the victim’s voice of #metoo and … Continue reading Sexual Violence Has No Place in Our Future

Recently, a person I know – she happens to be a woman of color – had a really big day coming up in her professional life. And before that day, I saw that she posted the meme on Facebook, that said – “Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre white man.” I laughed, of … Continue reading How Can I Find Good News Outside of Patriarchy?