I am not someone who loves whisky, but I do know that the way to enjoy it is to slowly swirl it…

The story of Jesus’ birth is so familiar, and yet so strange. A pregnant woman walks for miles, gives birth in a…

WITHIN the story of Mary’s pregnancy, while these events are all unfolding for Joseph, her pregnancy—which we look upon as a holy…

Sheldon Vanauken wrote about the crucible of love in his book, A Severe Mercy:  “So if he wanted the heights of joy, he…

Our Advent wreath is woven around a purple cloth this year. I chose to use this cloth to represent time. We belong…

(Safer Soil series) There is a depth of empathy, a depth of love, a depth of faith, and a depth of hope…

In Matthew 12, Jesus and the Pharisees face off in the temple. Jesus calls himself “Lord of the Sabbath” and breaks the…

Safer Soil (2) Following from her meditation on Sunday, Nancy DeVries asks: Perhaps there are ideas or images of who Jesus is that can…

Jesus, in his conversation with Simon in Luke 7, doesn’t try to coerce Simon into accepting him. He doesn’t reject Simon for…

This past Sunday we gathered as a community for an ALL OUT service activity at Kingfisher Farm. In the warmth of the…