Singing for Peace
As we continue to wait for the one who has already come, the birth of Christ into our world and our lives, we are so…
Mary
Near the Beginning… (NaBloPoMo)
This morning, let’s go back… to nearly the beginning of the story… and do some genealogy. Pastor Todd and I are going to start us…
Expectations and Realities
Sermon based on Luke 1:39-55 and Matthew 11:2-6 About a year ago, I began working with Imagine No Malaria here in the Iowa Conference, and…
Making Room
I imagine your mother and your grandmother would have loved being the host for the last night of LasPosadas… That she would have opened up…
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…
Quiet Christmas Morning
This has been a really difficult Advent and Christmas season for me. It is the time of light and hope and joy and peace, but…
Praying for Peace
I’ve been thinking a lot about peace lately. I’ve been praying a lot FOR peace lately. While this isn’t a family that is facing conflict…
the one we are waiting for
A couple of weeks ago, our president spoke before the nation and an audience at West Point to announce a surge in military personnel in…