It’s Not Just Me October 24, 2022 By Martha Tatarnic 2 Comments Following Covid-19, many pastors are struggling with the fact that many in their congregation are not coming back, or not coming back to liturgies. What does this tell us about what it means to lead a church? Why do we gather?
Evening Prayer in Time of Covid October 19, 2022 By Connie Clark 2 Comments "It is hard to let go on the eve of winter, / but we start the prayers anyway, / praise and entreaty, thanks and creed."
Restoring Housing Hope October 17, 2022 By Dorothy Sanders Wells 4 Comments Dorothy Wells draws attention to the gap between wages and housing costs that is making it impossible for workers to live in the communities they serve.
Our Imperfect Saints October 10, 2022 By Callie J. Smith 2 Comments Callie J. Smith reflects on her grandmother's life and legacy, a story that has deepened over time as she recognizes her grandmother's struggles, and smiles, reflected in her own.
On the holiest day of the year October 5, 2022 By Bruce Black 1 Comment Walking from the temple to the parking lot after Yom Kippur morning services, I pass a sun-drenched fence.
Saint Mary of Egypt: A Modern Verse Life October 3, 2022 By Bonnie B. Thurston 1 Comment Introducing Mary of Egypt, a saint whose life started in wild immorality, but who was aided in her conversion by the Virgin Mary, attended to by a lion and a monk, and lived an ascetic life in the desert. Bonnie B. Thurston brings her to us in prose and verse.
Tashlich September 26, 2022 By Bruce Black 1 Comment we toss our twigs / into the water / as if they are our sins, / our souls, like the fish, / swaying this way and that // caught between life and death, / between what was / and what will be, / not knowing what will come...
Beauty in Two Simple Stitches September 19, 2022 By Heather Caliri 8 Comments Ordinary is related to the word order, unsurprisingly, but earlier roots meant “a row of threads in a loom.” Everything beautiful repeats in some way. To be ordinary is to be a part organized into a coherent whole,
A Serious Call to Holy Life September 14, 2022 By Soraya Qahwaji 1 Comment Yet another night, / you pray to go to sleep / and never wake up. / You want out / the decade-long drudgery / yet you suck it up / lest the earth be the womb of heaven / and you make yourself a stillborn.
A Close Call — To Life September 12, 2022 By John Hudson Leave a Comment A cancer scare leads to a new appreciation of life and the end of a lifelong addiction.
