Recently, we published an article by Joshua P. Kerr about how, after two years of pandemic leadership, he is struggling to find his..
In my first year of ordained ministry, a long-time member I served didn't like me. I never figured out exactly what the..
When I imagine my anger, I imagine myself in fatigues, right hand snapped to attention. As I stand there, knees slightly bent,..
I will never forget the emotional weight of suspending worship services and shutting down our church building when COVID came to Oklahoma...
“I’m not some crazy angry person,” I said through tears as the urgent care nurse stitched up the wounds on my hand.
One can have perfect vision and fail to see what really matters. Sometimes it seems as though it takes a miracle to see all the way to the heart of things. That's what we see on the road to Emmaus, writes Ronald Byars.
Those head bindings rolled and laid aside in a separate place, the way the sympathetic gardener gently calls her by her name,..
Eliza C. Jaremko looks at Mary the Mother of God and Mary the sister of Martha in the resurrection narrative.
It seems that John has a problem with names here: “The one whom Jesus loved” is never named, but is simply called,..
I recently read Abby Norman’s You Can Talk to God That Way. It is a book on embracing lament as a spiritual..
Even during our “Judas moments,” there is goodness and mercy.
Katy Shevel contemplates Christ's descent into hell on Holy Saturday through the lens of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Ode to Joy."
One year ago, I was in a hospital room with my wife and my new daughter. She had been out of the..
John 13's foot-washing scene leads Aaron Neff to remember people who have hurt and betrayed him. “Love them anyway,” Jesus says.
This morning as I rose late with no reason not I found myself discovering the beauty of making the bed. Every motion..
Holy Week is going to look much different this year. In many ways, it will be a more joyful celebration. My congregation..
As I confessed to my congregation a few weeks ago, I have been engrossed by news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine...
I snapped a photo of this tree Dividing my front yard from my neighbors That day was a winter in spring’s clothing..
Scripture tells us “Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” And while I think there is truth in..
In preaching, raising your floor is more important than your ceiling. A congregation isn't going to be shaped and formed by the..
There comes a point, halfway between the ashes and the lilies, when you stop and ask yourself “Just how did I get..
Beloved… Beloved, awaken my soul to your calming presence. AHH! I am NOT CALM! Beloved, I have run out of words. Really,..
An experienced senior pastor told me just before my ordination in 1974 that year one of a pastorate was infatuation, year two..
I did not grow up attending church. It wasn’t until late high school that I first went to church on a regular..
Lent is a season of the liturgical year that invites us to lament the brokenness of our lives. The psalms are ideal..
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