It is the Lord!
Happy Easter Monday, friends! Once again, Ruth invites us to celebrate the risen Jesus through five powerful post-resurrection encounters. We’ve reflected on these stories before, yet they continue to speak.…
Staying Awake During Holy Week
Lectionary readings and guidance on using the lectionary Monday of Holy Week (April 14, 2025): Isaiah 42:1-9, Psalm 36:5-11, Hebrews 9:11-15, John 12:1-11 “Stay together, friends, don’t scatter and sleep.…
“Where do we go from here—chaos or community?” Martin Luther King, Jr. Lament is a spiritual practice that is more…
Lectionary Readings for Epiphany: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12 “They set out; and there ahead of…
We’re made for more. And yet, the road between where we are and where we want to go can feel…
“God comes to us like the sun in the morning—when it is time.”—Carlo Carretto, The God Who Comes My favorite…
“If you aren’t resting, you are a slave to something.” – Adele Calhoun We tend to think of sabbath as…
“God gave us the Sabbath. Jesus taught us that we weren’t made for the Sabbath but that Sabbath was made…
Dear Church, First of all: Thank you. Thank you for the gift of life. I grew up in you as…
Where the Spirit of the Lord there is freedom. II Corinthians 3:17 Today as we mark the Juneteenth national holiday,…
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