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
I’ve been preaching for some 30 years now. In my files I have 6 sermons on these particular readings for the sixth Sunday of the season of Easter. Over the … 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
Now that we are in the second month of social isolation and the third month of this pandemic, the implications are becoming clearer. This isn’t going away anytime soon and … Read More
This has to be the most challenging Easter sermon most clergy will ever preach. How can we proclaim resurrection, joy and hope in the time of pandemic when we are … Read More
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting tired of the word “unprecedented.” Its literal meaning is “never before known or experienced.” And it describes what we are going through. … Read More