WORSHIP

Baptist

PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH / 3933 Northwest Pky / pcbc.org

Worship & Bible Study 9:15 & 10:45 Traditional, Contemporary, Spanish Speaking / 214.860.1500

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00 am

Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

Disciples Of Christ

EAST DALLAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185

Sunday School 9:30 am / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel 10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org

Lutheran

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule. 214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org

Methodist

GRACE UMC / Diverse, Inclusive, Missional

Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 am / Worship, 10:50 am 4105 Junius St. / 214.824.2533 / graceumcdallas.org

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

GATEWAY CHURCH / we’re all about people 12123 Hillcrest Road, 75230 / 469.801.7250 / gatewaydallas.com

Saturdays: 4:00 pm / Sundays: 9:00 & 10:45 am

Unity

against them, and/or with the direction of social mores, and/or inequality in economic outcomes — for the middle class especially.

Feelings are rooted in facts that give rise to them. Change is the one constant in life, and the speed of change is hard to keep up with. Information travels in nanoseconds now. We are bombarded by news we don’t need along with news we need, and culling through the one to get to the other is a chore. Stories sensationalize the silly and banal. Long form pieces provoking thought are rare. Sources are increasingly dubious; hence emails are rife that spread half-truths and reinforce a culture of complaint.

opportunity have been sawed off. Unions have been broken up; jobs have been offshored for cheap foreign labor. Higher education costs have exploded. At the same time, they believe those beneath them in the socio-economic strata receive benefits denied to them. They feel squeezed in both directions.

The anger is real, but is it good? It can be. Anger can motivate action. It can mobilize people to seek change.

It can also do more harm than good.

“Be angry but do not sin,” the Bible says. “Do not let the sun go down on your anger.”

UNITY OF DALLAS / A Positive Path for Spiritual Living 6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230 / 972.233.7106 / UnityDallas.org

Sundays: 9:00 am Early Service, 11:00 am Celebration Service

Whether the subject is samegender marriage or the right bathroom for transgender persons to use, the question of whether black lives matter enough to shape respectful relationships by or for law enforcement, or equal pay for equal work for women, the social stasis is in flux. This produces, on the one hand, anxiety in those who feel a loss of what they have known as standards they could count on, and, on the other hand, boldness in those who see an opportunity to move from the margins to the center.

The shrinking middle class wants to be heard. Their grievance with the rich goes to their sense that the traditional rungs on the ladder of

George Mason

I haven’t made many good decisions in the heat of anger, have you? I regret most of what I said or did in fits of rage. Anger should give us pause before it drives our behavior. It should alert us to what’s wrong, but then enlist our spiritual reason to address how to right the wrong.

Frederick Buechner puts it pithily: “Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back — in many ways it is a feast fit for a king.

“The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.” is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church. The Worship section is underwritten by Advocate Publishing and the neighborhood businesses and churches listed here. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202

As the summer temperature rises in all sorts of ways, we would do well to cool down with more than lemonade. Raw emotion needs the partnership of considered thought to bring about a beloved community where everyone feels at home and no one lacks hope.

Sweet Treats

Society Bakery opened the doors to a third location in the Preston Hollow shopping center at the end of May. The bakery is taking over Toni Rivard’s Cakeballs’ old space, which is now newly located in NorthPark Center. The space, which is right next to Kidville, is another reason for the bakery’s opening. Owner Roshi Muns says, “We have been extremely successful creating all of the custom birthday cakes for Kidville, which will be our neighbor at this location, so families in the area are familiar with our talented pastry team.” The bakery is open Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The store is home to a new recipe, the Fruity Pebble cookie.

Hospital Expansion

Medical City Dallas Hospital continues to grow with the addition of 123 private patient rooms at the end of May. On June 1, the Inpatient Rehabilitation Center and Joint Restoration Institute opened. In addition, there is a gym, dining room and more for the patients in Building E. By putting all of these elements together in Building E, it “brings our vision of an orthopedic and neurosciences hospital on the campus of Medical City to life,” says Troy Villarreal, president and CEO at Medical City Dallas Hospital.

Now Open

Carlens Luxury Optical is set to open July 1 at the Shops at Park Lane. The high-end eyewear retailer is owned by Stephany Carmona. Learn more at facebook.com/carlensoptical.

Fine footwear and accessories manufacturer Cole Haan opened a new store at the NorthPark Center in June.