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All Wilshire public gatherings suspended
Thursday, March 12, 2020. Based on the mounting evidence of concern about the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus, we have made the difficult decision to suspend all public gatherings at Wilshire for at least the next week. Whether this suspension needs to be...
Preparing for Worship
Most of the time, worship here at Wilshire leans toward the intellectual more than the emotional. We love to be challenged to think deeply about the faith more measured on whether we feel good about the faith. In much of the Christian tradition in America today, these...
Preparing for Worship
By Jeff Brummel, associate minister of music / organist During each Sunday in Lent, Wilshire extinguishes one additional candle on the Lenten wreath to signify the approaching darkness as Jesus moves toward the cross. We also keep our shutters closed, causing the...
Preparing for Worship
My daughter Jillian and I had a moment at the MoMA this week. The Modern Art Museum in New York City features a world-renowned collection of masterpieces in the modern style of painting and sculpture. We were standing in front of Paul Cezanne’s Boy in the Red...
Preparing for Worship
In the film The Mission, the source of today’s offertory, Gabriel’s Oboe, music plays a profound and subversive role — and I don’t just mean the soundtrack. Within the narrative of the film, music has the incredible power to transcend culture, to forge bonds of family...
Faith in 3-D: Lighting the Way
“Lighting the Way,” Wilshire’s 2020 Faith in 3-D production, will be presented on Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Hall at Wilshire Baptist Church. In association with Climate Change Theatre Action, the evening will be anchored by 10...