Our two Christmas mothers
Looking at Mary and Elizabeth, Eliza Jaremko ponders the gift of companionship.
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Lifelong learning
As Eliza Jaremko sends her eldest daughter off to kindergarten, she reflects that learning never stops — the church is proof of that.
Finding identity as a young woman pastor
Rev. Eliza Jaremko, who recently turned 40, looks back on her what she's learned since her ordination at age 27.
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Rev. Eliza Jaremko shares how she is learning to keep house like Mary and Martha.
God’s playground
“When I look at your mountains, at what your fingers have made — The rocks that the sea moves about from place to place — What are human beings that you have given this to us? What are human beings that we can play on this holy ground?”
On being Presbyterian
It's the messy, holy work of community.
Anger as revelation
“I’m not some crazy angry person,” I said through tears as the urgent care nurse stitched up the wounds on my hand.
The invitation of the Marys
Eliza C. Jaremko looks at Mary the Mother of God and Mary the sister of Martha in the resurrection narrative.
A Lenten day
It was a Monday. Maybe the Monday-ist of Mondays.
Daily bread: living with gratitude
“What are you most grateful for today?” I ask each member of my family every night.