By Laura Kelly Fanucci Maybe like me, you’ve read and watched the news for weeks, yet still don’t know how to respond. Maybe like me, you’ve sat with a messy mix of emotions – anger and disbelief and fear and concern. Maybe like me, you’ve been frustrated with a Facebook feed full of grinning water … Continue reading
—Horace McMillon Scripture: Luke 17:11-17 Reflection:For many of us, there are times when we feel alone. We sometimes feel like we have problems that are never going to get better, and that nobody even cares. That’s how the ten people in the story must have felt. In the Bible times, leprosy was a disease where … Continue reading
~ Sarah Klaassen Last month Jamie and I renewed our adoption home study. The home study is the standard process through which a social worker evaluates our fitness to be adoptive parents. She teaches us about adoption. She checks on our psychological and physical health. She runs all the background checks. We talk about family … Continue reading
—Joanna Harader Scripture:Exodus 1:8-2:10 Reflection: One of the Lectionary readings for this coming Sunday is from Exodus 1-2. When we are sharing this text with children, we usually focus on the part about baby Moses in the basket being saved by the Princess. Who doesn’t love that story of danger, adventure, and rescue? But I … Continue reading
~ Amanda Cormack There is nothing like parenthood to make a person well versed on the subject of poop. From the moment my bundle of joy arrived, amidst an explosion of meconium, my spouse and I have spent more time than I ever would have imagined discussing, cleaning, analyzing, and monitoring the presence (or absence) … Continue reading
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By Jennifer Mills-Knutsen Have you seen the trendy new poem-statement-manifesto that people are posting in their homes (and on Facebook and Pinterest)? You can buy them from all kinds of Etsy shops and online crafters, as signs or vinyl wall decorations. They are often referred to as “House Rules.” http://www.lacybella.com/Family-Room-Quote-In-This-House-We…
~by Christine Gough With barely a square inch to breathe or move, we pulled out of our driveway for a week of camping on the Oregon Coast. Ever the planner, I had lists in hand. Lists for packing. Lists of “must see and do” activities and eateries. Lists of campsite details and driving directions. Lists … Continue reading
By Amy Yoder McGloughlin Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. Matthew 14:13 I say every summer, “this summer is going to be more relaxed than last summer.” And every summer it’s just not. It’s not that … Continue reading
Osheta Moore posted this prayer on her Facebook page last week and graciously gave permission for us to share it with all of you: Dear God, Help me to not overreact when my son says with too much cynicism for a tween “I’m not even *sure* I believe in God” OR when he comes … Continue reading
–by Erika Marksbury Scripture Reading: Matthew 14:22-32 Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by this time … Continue reading
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