Order of worship — May 15, 2022
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5th Sunday of Easter — May 15, 2022
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4th Sunday of Easter — May 8, 2022
Easter 4C Acts 9:36-43 “Women hold up half the sky.” I was first introduced to this Chinese proverb through Nicholas Kristof and..
Order of worship — May 8, 2022
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3rd Sunday of Easter — May 1, 2022
Easter 3C John 21:1-19 Recently, a friend called to ask me to preach at a large event. I received the call in..
Order of worship — May 1, 2022
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Order of worship — April 24, 2022
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2nd Sunday of Easter — April 24, 2022
“Southern trees bear a strange fruit/ Blood on the leaves and blood at the root.” These chilling lyrics from Billie Holiday’s 1939..
Order of worship — April 17, 2022
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Easter Sunday — April 17, 2022
Resurrection of the Lord Luke 24:1-12 In her book, The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations, Toni Morrison ponders how..
Finding hope in hell
Teri McDowell Ott reflects on Shirley C. Guthrie’s quote, “There is no place – not even hell itself – where God is not present and at work with loving justice and just love.”
Creating change: faith-based organizing and the church
A few years ago, an independent, evangelical church slowly began taking over my small Illinois town. Led by a new charismatic male..
5th Sunday of Lent — April 3, 2022
Psalm 126 Lent 5C “Each of us yearns to belong. Within each human body is this deep, raw, aching desire” writes author..
Order of worship — April 3, 2022
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Presbyterians venture beyond church walls to examine White privilege
The White Privilege Conference (WPC) is not a church conference. It does not center on religion, theology, Scripture, or church growth strategy...
Presbyterian College president surprises high school senior with a full-tuition scholarship
Sarah Grace Stanley didn’t know why Matt vandenBerg, president of Presbyterian College (PC) in Clinton, South Carolina, was joining worship at her..
Humility over competency
During my time in college chaplaincy, I served on Monmouth College’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Team. To equip ourselves for our..
3rd Sunday of Lent — March 20, 2022
Luke 13:1-9 Lent 3C “In the spring of 1936, a writer planted roses.” Orwell’s Roses, Rebecca Solnit’s recently published book, is as..
Order of worship — March 20, 2022
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Podcast review: “Ear Hustle”
“Ear Hustle” Hosts: Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods, Antwan Williams Radiotopia from PRX Recognizing the humanity of the 2.2 million people that our..
Order of worship — March 13, 2022
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2nd Sunday of Lent — March 13, 2022
Psalm 27 Lent 2C As I write this lectionary reflection, Russian troops are waiting on the border of Ukraine for Putin’s order..
A prayer for the Ukrainian resistance
God of grace, have mercy. We’ve heard that the arc of the universe bends towards justice, but we watch the nightly news..
Walking with determined hope
This past October, my husband and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary with a quick two-night trip to Chicago. The trip was..
Outlook style update: Why we’re capitalizing White
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