For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.  Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.  When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all...

Stop preaching about “being good stewards of the Earth”.  The title of the Sojourners article by Rev. Fletcher Harper, executive director of GreenFaith, caught me off guard. But as I read, I realized that what the author was saying is that, in these days of climate...

In this passage from the New Testament letter to the Ephesians, Christians are called to be “imitators of God”. This does not mean Christians are expected to be perfect; we know we all fall short. Rather, it means that we choose to open to the Spirit at work in our...

This beautiful poem below gave me deep encouragement to bear resurrection witness to the “unkillableness of love”. - Pastor Annette Forget about the afterlife. Resurrection is not for dead people. It's for those of us most alive. It's the way we live when we've gotten...

Some of you have probably heard that the “new and right spirit” that I am seeking this Lent is the spirit of kindness, particularly in those situations and with those persons when I find it most challenging. Kindness seems to be where everything good in relationships...

Be merciful to me, O God, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.                                 -Psalm 57:1 (ESV) A member of my women’s circle shared this text with us last time we...