You Are Mine…
Baptism begins with repentance. This water is cleansing water. By diving in, by letting this water pour over our finger tips, we are saying that…
Jesus Christ
Love… gotta have it!
The Sunday that I traveled up to Cherokee, my nine-year-old cousin Taylor was baptized. One afternoon, she came home very upset from school. You see,…
Advent Blog Tour: Day 14
“Las Posadas” by Maria Laughlin As Christmas approaches, we are reminded that a very pregnant young woman and her patient fiancé were once left out…
Joy… for the tough times
This morning in worship we focused on John the Baptist’s question to Jesus: How do I know that you are the one? Are you him?…
Taking out the Trash…#reverb10
I have not really followed the prompts for Reverb before – but from what I have caught wind of, they are daily prompts that help…
maternal longing…
I cannot escape pregnancy these days. As blogger Traci Bianchi reminds us: The Christmas story is dripping with estrogen. And not only that… but the…
Setting the Table: The Cup
On a brutally hot afternoon, a lone woman makes the long trek from her village to the nearby well. She brings with her an empty…
The Prodigal Steward
This morning’s parable from the gospel of Luke is one of the toughest pieces of scripture in the whole Bible. Preachers all over the country…