The Marital Politics of Communion and A Letter to Our Son
My husband grew up Catholic. He still tells his mother he claims dual-citizenship as Catholic and Lutheran. As part of our decision to get married, we made a decision that […]
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Celebrating The Longest Relationship
Over the trajectory of our lives, what are the longest and most enduring relationships we are likely to experience? With our parents? Our partner? Our children? For those of us […]
New Hope: Greedy Boys and Happy Trees
Luke 19:1-10 The Story of Zacchaeus I want to tell you the story of another boy who climbed a tree: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. (Read story) The message […]
Backpack Blessings
This will be the third year we do a backpack prayer at our church. We announce for several weeks before that all children are invited to bring their backpacks with […]
Never a Fatherless Child
This Father’s Day will be the first on which my son’s father is no longer my husband. He left me for another woman earlier this year, and though he has […]
The View from Your Ministry
Thanks to everyone who contributed photos for “The View from Your Ministry” contest! A few of our favorites appear below. Also congratulations to Emily Chapman, who won the drawing for […]
Oh Mother, Where Art Thou?
It just happened again. I put down a copy of my seminary alumni magazine, after reading yet another article about how clergywomen can “have it all.” In the nearly seven […]
Storytime; We Crucified: Poems
This month’s Christ and Creativity feature… Storytime They thought I was one of those teenage mothers who turned out all right. But the county health department nurses didn’t know that […]
This Month: Visual Art and Poetry
For this, our inaugural feature, we bring you two very different pieces, “On Women and Children and Poverty,” a visual piece by Suzanne Stovall Vinson, and “&,” a poem by […]
