ALL SAINT’S DAY – Apprenticing to Grief

By: Julia Baker John 11: 32-44 The last 10 years of my life I have been an apprentice to grief. Most of it centered around losing people — through the end of relationships anddeath. Often one grief touches all other pain, the personal tender spills out rubbing up against the grief when I see a…

THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING

Psalm 19:1-4a, Genesis 3:8-15 Jeff Davidson The skies reveal God’s glory. Do you believe that? A lot of people do. A lot of people look at the sky, at the beautiful sunset with oranges and purples across the sky, they look at the bright stars and moon at night, they consider how all the planets revolve…

Who is That Shiny Person?

Who is That Shiny Person? – Jennifer Hosler Exodus 24:12-18; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9 When thinking about today’s gospel passage, I spent time musing on surprise encounters: those times when you run into someone you know, in a place where you least expect them to be. Running into someone you know is delightful in…