Breaking Barriers: Learning to Move at the Speed of Trust



When I think about barriers and boundaries, I think of Robert Frost's poem, “Mending Wall” and its famous line “ Good fences make good neighbors.” In the poem, Frost asks, “Why do they make good neighbors … Before I built a wall, I’d ask to know what I was walling in or walling out, and to whom I was like to give offense?” Boundaries serve a purpose, no doubt. But what happens when boundaries become barriers to building deeper connection and trust with others?  How do we learn to trust?  From infancy to old age, trust is key to our well-being, even our survival. Today’s service we’ll unpack trust and play with some of its core building blocks, finding ways to build bridges instead of barriers, and maybe mend some fences along the way.  





Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister

Rev. John Buehrens, Senior Minister

Milo Hanke, Worship Associate

Reiko Oda Lane, Organist

Mark Sumner, Music Director

Reece Hart, Trustee

Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound & Worship Archives/Podcast