…the process of the intentional examination of my thoughts, reading the actual text, and stripping away the accumulated notions of years opened me up to a new way of thinking about a particular text and shook me into a whole new experience.
It is often in times when we feel most lost or alone that we realize that we have allowed ourselves to turn down a blind alley—God has been and continues to be with us all along, if only we see the signs and trust in the promises.
Luke has placed in the story what Alfred Hitchcock used to call the “MacGuffin”–a seemingly unimportant detail that turns out to be a big deal later.
by Linda McMillan Middle-aged women traveling alone are not common in Ye. English-speaking women from America are not common either. Thus, last week, when the
In this time of political campaigning, each candidate is clambering up on the pedestal their supporters build for them, then the candidates (and their supporters) try their best to knock the opponent off.
by Leslie Scoopmire Hebrews 11:29-12:2 In the epistle passage for this Sunday, the author of the Letter to the Hebrews lists numerous heroes in
Certainly there was a parallel in the conversations – him pouring out his heart into my sympathetic silence, me pouring out my heart into God’s sympathetic silence.
What does it say, in a modern context, that women may be at the forefront of an event, but still not be believed until a man comes along to confirm the legitimacy of their experience?
This year seems to be one that has energized church members on all sides of issues and for and against candidates. Pew Forum has a new
The Alumni/ae Executive Committee has replied to the decision by the Episcopal Divinity School Board of Trustees:
We’re not saying things can go on as they are (even though the draw on the endowment has been steadily coming down), but are asking for time to explore some really interesting possibilities for partnerships or mergers with other institutions that will allow EDS to continue to have a voice in the Episcopal Church. Shutting down the degree granting at this point effectively shuts down EDS’s ability to offer itself as a viable partner. (Karen Meridith, Executive Committee member)