Random Fact of the Day: Hiraeth Social Media has been brutally negative for the past several years. More than once, I’ve wanted to sign out of Facebook permanently to preserve my mental and emotional wellbeing. I did take an extended...
Being Grateful When Life is Exhausting I have an ever-changing written to-do list on my desk in my home office. And I look at this list often as I try to keep up with all of the church tasks I have to do in between homeschooling our daughters...
“Be Not Afraid” “The words you speak become the house you live in.” – Hafiz It feels as if fearful words have been overwhelming our thoughts and spirits recently. We are surrounded by politicians, preachers...
Canoeing the Mountains I read a book last year called Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory. Rev. Tod Bolsinger reviewed the exploration of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and their search for a water route to the...
When Great Trees Fall Maya Angelou wrote a powerful poem called “When Great Trees Fall” about the impact of important people in our lives. These “Great Trees” have grown among us, becoming fixtures of wisdom, protection...
A friend and colleague, Rev. Amy Moore, former Senior Pastor at John Calvin Presbyterian Church on Royal Lane and interfaith leader in Dallas, posted this article on her blog recently. It speaks profoundly to what we are feeling as a people of...
An Extraordinary, Ordinary Time My friend, Rev. John Ballenger, the pastor of Woodbrook Baptist Church in Towson, Maryland, follows the liturgical calendar and creatively says that we are in extraordinary, ordinary time. As you know, the Summer...