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A true, blue Christmas
by Kathleen Kastilahn Betty Landis recalls the December some dozen years ago when, as a seminarian, she struggled with four diagnoses of cancer in her family. It’s also when she first attended a Blue Christmas service. “I soaked it in,” Landis said. Now pastor of St....
Walking fools
by Christa von Zychlin-- The elderly gentleman gave me the once over as I raced into the hospital lobby looking for a bathroom. It was decades ago; I was a freshly minted pastor, a pioneer among the mostly male leaders of every Christian denomination. I had driven a...
Thankofferings: A season of gratitude
by Emma Crossen Gratitude is popular in November, though it usually goes by another name--Thanksgiving. Giving thanks often turns into giving other gifts. Charities raise most of their money at this time of year. Volunteers observe the holiday by serving a meal at a...
Love Language 2.6
by Sue Gamelin— I answered the phone and a voice said, “I can’t believe that you fixed meals for us for all those years!” One of our adult kids, whose first child had just reached table-food time, had arrived at a stage of new awareness. It wasn’t the awareness that...
Gratitude changes how we live
by Karris Golden— I've had some rough times the past few years. I have regrouped, started over and then circled back — the long way around — to start over again. During the worst times, fear, doubt and confusion overwhelmed me. It was tough for me to pull away from...
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Summer 2014: Of many generations
We are women “of many generations,” many ages, many places, and many experiences. We have a calling to come, learn, and serve together, as well as to rebuild, repair, and restore not only our own relationships, but also the world around us. To do this we look to...
Review: Is That Poop on My Arm?: Parenting While Christian
This is a review of a really good book. The book is fantastic. I would read it every night. If I could only read one book for the rest of my life, this would definitely be the book. Of all the books I’ve ever read, this one has been the most fun and the most...
Review: Presumed Guilty: Why We Shouldn’t Ask Muslims to Condemn Terrorism
This is a review of a really good book. The book is fantastic. I would read it every night. If I could only read one book for the rest of my life, this would definitely be the book. Of all the books I've ever read, this one has been the most fun and the most...
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They remembered the Cool Whip
—by Twila Schock It was November 1994. I was a brand-new missionary in Slovakia, and I was homesick. Our trainers in missionary orientation had warned us missionary novices about culture shock. But I had cavalierly dismissed it, judging it to be for the faint of...
Summer 2013: “All who hunger gather gladly”
According to the national food-bank organization Feeding America, one in six Americans does not have regular access to enough food to sustain a healthy life—that’s more than 50 million of our neighbors. Households with children report a much higher rate of food...
Summer 2012: “Travels with Jacob”
During this three-session Bible study, we will meet a variety of biblical travelers. As we enter into conversation with them, we will explore our own journeys of faith. This study is designed so that those who have little prior biblical knowledge and those who...
Summer 2011: “Renew! Respond! Rejoice!”
The cloud of witnesses surrounding us can teach us much about what it means to bring your best self to the life you’ve been given. This three-session Bible study will invite us into the dynamic web of life anchored by “renew, respond, and rejoice.” This is vocation in...