Pastor and professor Samuel Wells tells a moving story in a recent issue of the Christian Century. He recalls a time when..
The darkness falls around me like a cozy comforter. Wait! says the voice of the divine to my soul. I light the..
When I was growing up in the years B.C. (before COVID-19), Ms. Joyce would stoop to wrap each child in her arms..
Guest commentary by Robert P. Hoch The British composer John Rutter has just completed a new choral piece, “Joseph’s Carol.” It will..
When did we learn to be afraid of the dark? This is the question I’ve been pondering this week as we continue..
Our congregation returned to limited in-person worship in October. One service takes place in the sanctuary and is broadcasted over Zoom,..
In September I had an awful thought: Even if we are back in the church on Christmas Eve, we won’t be able..
Guest commentary by Lee Ann M. Pomrenke Waiting is not wasting time. Or at least it does not need to be. When..
I’ve gotten into the strange habit of reading the first few pages of books at the bookstore downtown. I don’t read the..
I have always loved the season of Advent. From a young age, I remember the anticipatory waiting. The rhythm and flow..
I’ve glimpsed the easy business of power, God, and I am frightened. It consumes the needs of the poor like an appetizer,..
Guest commentary by Lou Nyiri A father was deep in thought as his child excitedly conveyed something important. The father acknowledged this..
My wife and I are due during Holy Week of 2021. We’re both full-time co-pastors, which means our kid isn’t just a..
“A garden’s a prideful thing!” When he spoke those words, this parishioner and I were gazing upon his rows of vegetables. Leafy..
Not to be too sensationalist, but when the sky is falling, what does gratitude look like? To my ears, the language of..
These thanks we give fit best with simplest things, the ordinary benisons we scarcely note as our times go fleeting past. This..
You’ve seen the pleas from the CDC: “Spend Thanksgiving with just your immediate household this year.” My sister called me this week and..
I am not sure if it is true for you, but for me, grace and gratitude are hard to find these days...
Guest commentary by Nelson Reveley John 11:35 reads: “Jesus wept.” Specifically, this is Jesus’s reaction to the death of Lazarus. More broadly,..
The newish pastors group in my presbytery is reading “How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You Are Going” by Susan..
I preach about God’s grace on the regular. I make it a point to remind people that this big, generous, expansive grace..
Guest commentary by Mark McCormick For 144 years, Stillman College, an HBCU (historically Black college or university) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, started by..
Mr. Rogers had a plaque hanging in his office that read, “What is most essential is most invisible.” Of course, Fred Rogers..
When we bought our house, my husband and I inherited well-tended front and back yards, complete with bushes, flowers and established fruit..
My first memory of political consciousness was the 1988 presidential election. There was a mock election in my second grade classroom and..
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