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I have always envisioned life as a movement through seasons, which makes the seasons of Spring and Summer easy, because everything is bright and beautiful, and you can see the change and growth. Fall and Winter however, have always been my two least favorite seasons....

In Isaiah 11:1–10, we get this amazing example of peace from the animals that would normally be enemies but they are able to put aside their differences and hangout with each other, especially when the little kid is leading them along. It shows that there is a calm,...

My family and I went camping at the Buffalo National River this fall.  I really enjoy being outside and the idea of sleeping in a tent, swimming, and hiking are my favorite parts of camping.  This trip, my dad had the idea of stargazing on the banks of the river.  At...

Peace is hard to find nowadays. Everywhere I look there’s conflict and violence and unrest. I look on the internet and see news articles and hate speech and broods of vipers and chaff. But then I look up, and I see all the peace lying around, waiting to be realized....

During Advent this season, the choir is doing a piece called ‘Waiting’. Waiting, we are waiting, Lord.  Fill the mind, ‘til we find your light, your truth.Listening, we are listening, Lord. Draw near, let us hear your word for us.Now let us know your presence, Lord,...

“What fresh hell is this?” Every morning I groan as I succumb to the temptation to look at my phone first thing: 37 marketing emails; 122 new Reels and TikToks sent in the early hours by insomniac friends doomscrolling through their anxiety; Fitbit reminding me I...

Hope is just a small word.  What does it mean? In the dictionary hope is defined as desire accompanied by expectations of or belief in fulfillment.  That’s a mouthful.  To me it is waiting for something joyful that will occur in the future.  A wedding, a new baby, a...

One of my favorite stories in the Old Testament is when the snakes enter the camp of the Hebrew people. The bite of the snake results in death (Num 21:6-9). Before you get to that part of the story though one has to realize that the Hebrew people had been complaining,...

This Sunday the choir sings, I Wonder as I Wander, a mysterious weaving of “poor orn’ry people like you and like me” with our “stone hearts,” reaching toward the aching hope of the “light of heaven,” Emmanuel. This arrangement’s dissonant and ethereal tones echo the...

This Sunday the choir sings, I Wonder as I Wander, a mysterious weaving of “poor orn’ry people like you and like me” with our “stone hearts,” reaching toward the aching hope of the “light of heaven,” Emmanuel. This arrangement’s dissonant and ethereal tones echo the...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal… These words inscribed into the Declaration of Independence reveal a building block of democracy:  the equality of all people.  When those words were written, however, there was much that was not...