Author Archives: Nichole

The readings today invite us to talk about sin.  One of the advantages to using a lectionary cycle of readings instead of having the preacher choose is that sometimes we … Read More

I love the Feast of All Saints.  After 26 weeks of green vestments, we switch to white for this beautiful festival.  We light the paschal candle.  We sing the song … Read More

Since we’re already in the process of an election, I think it would be a good time to talk about religion and politics.  There is some history you may or … Read More

I think we can all agree.  It’s been a hell of a week.  The pandemic, the fires, the ominous sense of having the breath choked out of us by smoke.  … Read More

May I speak in the name of one God, who is Creator, Christ, and Counselor. Amen. This morning, I confess to you all that I was tempted to scrap my … Read More

When I was a little girl, attending a little Southern Baptist church in a little suburb of Columbia, South Carolina, with the possible exception of the big downtown Columbia library, … Read More

Yesterday I got lost in a place I’ve been to hundreds of times.  After nearly two months of taking walks in our immediate neighborhood, I took my black lab, Sally … Read More

There is a pause in the narrative accounts of Jesus and his followers.  The three synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke race along from one dramatic event to another.  … Read More

Last week, Sara told about being bullied online for the church’s ministry of feeding the unhoused.  The hope of the bullies, she said, was that all the homeless people would … Read More