By Brittany Darst-Hermsen Edwards Halfway through the semester, halfway through graduate school, I sat idling in miles-long gridlock. I listlessly began to scroll through Spotify. Desperate, my bleary subconscious tossed me up a Hail Mary: a song I hadn’t heard in decades. I searched it with a chuckle and smirk. Before long, my traffic neighbors … Continue reading
By Hunter Greene Matthew 25:31-46 contains one of the very first Bible verses I ever committed to memory as a young 5-year-old, for it was the verse that I heard over and over again every alter call: “Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You that are accursed, depart from me into … Continue reading
By Jessica McDougald When I was growing up, we’d go visit my grandparents a few weekends out of each year. Upon arriving, I wanted two things: one, to be the very center of my Grandma’s attention (she has always been on the list of my Top 5 Favorite People) and, two, to go upstairs to … Continue reading
By William Scruggs I moved with my wife to Winter Hill in the summer of 2019. The neighborhood just outside of Boston was still normal then, at least by 2021 standards, but it didn’t feel like home. Not until I started to notice Marys looking out from most of the neighbors’ gardens. A few stood … Continue reading
By Jonathan Greer Taking on a Lenten practice was not part of my upbringing, and my early knowledge of the Lenten season was based on people giving up vices and eating fish on Fridays. As I moved into adulthood, I began to see Lenten practices at work in the lives of my friends, but still … Continue reading
By Hannah Moody It took me a while to understand that life goes on during a pandemic. Birds still chirp. Rain still falls. Leaves still turn. We still have responsibilities whether it’s school, work, family life; we still have our obligations to do. So why can it be so hard to realize this? With a … Continue reading
By Joshua Stewart God shines in the darkness. This is a thought that has replayed itself in my mind these last few months, and as I look back on my life so far, it has been true my entire life. With so much going on in this world, it can be easy to become disheartened. … Continue reading
By Luke Perrin A few weeks ago in my preaching class, our small group precept spent some time focusing on the story of the Golden Calf from the book of Exodus. It’s tale with vivid imagery, juxtaposing God with what the Israelites quite literally forged to be God. It’s a tale that has been used … Continue reading
By Joya Moore I have been thinking deeply about the experience of women in America since the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. I honestly had not anticipated a woman occupying the Vice Presidential office for a long time, so to watch her take the oath and experience the ways in … Continue reading
By Ronald Thomas, Sr. “And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.” Mark 13:37 In this season of Advent, Mark reminds the church to watch, wait, and prepare for Christ’s second coming. We prepare to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, and at the same time, we read the words … Continue reading
