Pilgrimage reflections from the messy middle
What's the difference between transition and transformation, wonders Katy Shevel?
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What is Epiphany?
Katy Shevel briefly explores the historical meaning of Epiphany in the Eastern and Western churches, as well as the use of Star Words in modern Protestant congregations.
What is Advent?
When did Advent start? Why decorate with purple? When did the Advent wreath become popular? Katy Shevel answers all these questions and more.
A Thanksgiving benediction
Katy Shevel offers a benediction to use in a Thanksgiving worship service or over your Thanksgiving meal.
Why was Miriam punished for speaking out?
Katy Shevel wrestles with Numbers 12 where Miriam is punished by God for questioning Moses.
Choosing our seasons
Rev. Katy Shevel processes her recent divorce through the lens of Ecclesiastes 3. Are we subject to the patterns of life? Or do we have agency in naming our own “seasons”?
Small but steady witness: Big lessons from little churches
Katy Shevel reflects on the lessons she learned in pastoring a small church and the value of these congregations.
A prayer for milestones
A prayer for the transitions of life.
“Ode to Joy” and the harrowing of hell
In 1786, Friedrich Schiller published his best-known work, a poem entitled “An die Freude,” known in English as “Ode to Joy.” Schiller’s..
The blank canvas of winter
I love waking up early on a quiet winter morning to a fresh snowfall. I am perennially amazed when overnight everything is..