by Merianna Harrelson | Dec 3, 2018 | Opinion
I wonder what it must have been like for Mary and Joseph and the shepherds in the field to have a very real, very frightening encounter with the Divine. Often, the angelic visitations of this season are depicted bathed in light in a wistful setting. As the Advent...
by Ginger Hughes | Nov 30, 2018 | Opinion
By: Ginger Hughes I awoke once more, glancing toward the window. It was still dark. “What time is it?” I wondered to myself, as I groped my way around, searching for my phone. 4:40 a.m. shined brightly on the screen. It didn’t seem possible. The night had already...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 30, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Retired educator Annette Spinks has written a superb study/teaching guide for use with her husband Leroy Spinks’ book, The Jesus Lens: Bringing the Bible’s Story into Focus, recently released by Nurturing Faith. Together, the guide and book provide a...
by David Wheeler | Nov 30, 2018 | Opinion
Who among us, parents or grandparents, doesn’t go into our wallets – or these days, into our phones – at the slightest provocation to show off the photos of our children? Photo albums, Facebook pages and candid videos document the journeys, the growth and the passions...
by Richard Wilson | Nov 30, 2018 | Opinion
The liturgical year is built upon common readings that span three years of reading, hearing, reflecting upon and, for some, preaching the same passages. Those who embrace the cycles year by year have the chance to visit familiar texts that are old friends, but in a...
by Molly T. Marshall | Nov 30, 2018 | Opinion
Once again, we begin the new liturgical year as we observe Advent, and we are troubled. Thousands of determined people seeking asylum are lined up at the southern border of the U.S., and they are being met by soldiers, tear gas and threat to life as they are detained...
