by Kimberly Knowle-Zeller The nights can be long. For new parents. For the terminally ill. For the one waiting for an answer. For the recently widowed. For the hungry child. For the lonely teenager. For the one fleeing their home. For the one weathering the storm. For the one waiting for work. For the one
by Linda McMillan A few weeks ago when I was at the gym I noticed one of the trainers working out with a punching bag. He threw punches with both hands, from the front and the side, and he even hit the bag with some kicks. I was suddenly bored with my own cardio program
by Linda Ryan Fear looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up. – Unknown Looking at a map of the US right now, it looks like it should be the United States of Disaster rather than the USA. Floods, fires, threats of either, both or even something else makes it seem like there’s hardly a square
by Kristin Fontaine The first half of daily office gospel reading for Friday is one of a type of passage that I struggle with. To me, It implies that planning for the future is somehow wrong. This is an issue I have struggled with since the first time I read the bible through when I
By Laurie Gudim James 3:13-4:12 Reading this passage from the Book of James, I have to laugh. I recognize myself so clearly in it. I am so like the people he talks about – an adulterer married to God who yet indulges in pleasures from other sources. I know that my relationship with God is
The Moon at 3 a.m. by Kimberly Knowle-Zeller Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: Come let us adore him What else do you do at 3 am when faced with the wide-awake eyes of a newborn? Besides cry? Or wake up your husband? Or scroll endlessly on Facebook? Perhaps you walk outside and
by Linda McMillan Matthew 16:1-28 I have been pretty much obsessed with the weather situation in South Texas. The rivers still haven’t crested in my little home town, but it looks good for most of my family which is there. We are grateful for that but ready to help our friends who were in lower-lying
Churches in Pittsburgh gathered to remember those lost to addiction and death. What else can church do after memorials?
by Linda Ryan You know, I don’t think I’ve ever really thought so much about weather in very long time. The weather seems to be all the news this week, with floods and fires and extreme heat and flooding covering many miles in various places in the world, uprooting millions of people. It’s been that
A group of Connecticut clergy have put together a statement that upholds what progressive Christians believe. A message of acceptance and inclusion instead the Evangelical Nashville Statement. It is no secret that the Christian Church in the United States is in decline. Until the middle of the twentieth century, the Church held a place of primacy
