What will life and ministry look like in the post-pandemic church? Understandably, our conversations about this matter are often framed in terms..
Love is such a lovely word, gracious, spacious, capacious to a fault, embracing every blessed thing from those little smiley faces we..
Last year at the beginning of the pandemic, I brought home my potted succulents from my study at the church. I set..
Guest commentary by Pam McVety One of Latricia’s earliest memories is looking out a sliding glass door and wondering why everything looked..
A few months ago, I bought some tomatoes at the grocery store. My wife cut one open and discovered that..
My wife Lara’s podcast game is off the charts. At least that’s what I always tell her. I have this image of..
Several years ago, when I was a younger pastor, I drove an older parishioner to a medical appointment. The only other person..
Before this pandemic, when I’d think about the fruits of the Spirit, I would picture apples and bananas dotted with raindrops. Joy..
In memory of Martha Let me share the story of the worst Easter sermon I have ever preached. It was my..
Now, in early 2021, many people, including some who once doubted, know that the COVID-19 pandemic is deadly serious and distressingly..
Religious educator John Westerhoff invited us years ago to understand faith as a verb more than a noun. Westerhoff argued that persons..
Guest commentary by Lea Sitton Everyone has experienced loss and sadness and faced personal challenges during the coronavirus crisis. But pastors have..
I embarked on a new call in August, moving to a new city during the depths of the pandemic lockdown. As I..
I was a guest preacher a few months ago in these weird days of this in-between time. No one was there. I..
“We are not alone. We live in God’s world.” These words open the United Church of Canada’s affirmation of faith, known..
The biggest takeaway in pandemic learning for the church is that we can adapt and change quickly. I had just a few..
After nearly a year of COVID-19 – of stay-at-home orders, quarantines, physical distancing and sheltering in place – I keep returning to..
Guest commentary by Charlene Jin Lee You know what’s unbelievable and hard? Being made to feel your skin’s foreign color wherever you..
Guest commentary by Dave Coles Fairy tales often begin with, “Once upon a time, in a land far, far away …” The creation..
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries..
I miss many things and many people more than I can count, but I will count. The smiles of saints, women..
As we gear up for another year of improvising, going with the flow and making the best of less-than-ideal circumstances, many who..
In addition to the global pandemic that we are all navigating our way through in our many different contexts (for me, that..
Amid all the bad news of the pandemic, there is one thing that remains true and steadfast: the good news of the..
In Louisville, Kentucky, our year began on March 13. That evening the police fired 32 bullets into an apartment where Breonna..
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