You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Who doesn’t..
This issue is the third in a series of four exploring basic theological questions in ways designed to engender further discussion in..
Guest commentary by Barbara Gaddis and Stephanie Anthony Nothing can prepare you for a General Assembly in the midst of a global..
Incarnation. My first thought when I hear this word is “the Word made flesh.” God taking on a human body in the..
While I was leading a church-sponsored trip, the father of a parishioner told me a family story. His two daughters had left..
I work on a college campus, a place where Generation Z is making themselves known. I am an older millennial, a generation..
Once upon a time, a professor of theology heeded the lasting wisdom of H. Richard Niebuhr. “Today,” he observed way back..
Being a pastor during this pandemic feels something like the life of Bill Murray’s cynical weatherman character, Phil Conners, in the classic..
Who is God, really? Who are we, honestly? And what does God have to do with us? I realize our attention should..
Emmanuel The best way to determine what God has to do with us is to listen to God’s own testimony in Scripture...
When I went for a walk a week ago, I saw a mom holding her little boy and the leash of her..
This issue is the second in a series of four exploring basic theological questions in ways designed to engender further discussion in..
I recently conducted an informal Facebook poll asking who in the Bible really seemed to “fit the part” of a messenger of..
It is a privilege to work from home. Healthcare workers, grocery store clerks, those still able to work in food service, police..
Our congregation’s director of senior adult ministries made a scriptural connection several weeks ago that stuck with me and has intensified..
Reading the Passion and Easter narratives this year, I noticed something I had never quite named before. In a post-resurrection appearance, Jesus..
There once was a man who wished to be a mountain. He asked it of the stranger who gave such gifts away..
It was a Wednesday. I was just four days off a plane from Virginia for a wedding shower with my fiancé’s family...
In 2015, Brock Turner was convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault. Two international students from Sweden caught him in the..
A few weeks ago, just as our societal response to COVID-19 was ramping up, I snagged a few frenzied minutes to note..
Guest commentary by Donald K. McKim The pandemic, COVID-19, is all around us. The range of its reach is global; its power..
As a kid, I liked glitter. A lot. I still find myself drawn to anything that sparkles. My mother called me a..
A generation goes, a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. Ecclesiastes 1:4 The sun rises against its will would choose the..
Last week I posted a picture of the inside of my refrigerator on the internet for all the world to see. This..
Beyond the fragrant lilies and hydrangeas crowding the chancel, beyond the festive Easter bonnets still occasionally scattered bright across the pews, beyond..
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