Creating sacred space
by Catherine Miller Like many others, I have been slowly taking back my home during quarantine. I decluttered the baby’s room, reorganized the boys’ room, and deep cleaned the bathrooms. Henry and I cleaned and repainted the foyer and painted the front door in a blue...
Questions for reflecting and preparing
by Angela Jones This “stay at home” season has been a very intense season of growth for me. It has been a season of unlearning certain thought patterns and behaviors and establishing new routines. It has been a season of simultaneously growing in my faith...
Reflections on telecommuting
by Henry Miller In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8 God embedded patterns of rest and renewal in His creation. God set the earth to spinning to give us day and night. He tilted its axis, giving us...
I See You!
I’m an extrovert OK? I admit it—no shame. I need people. I need feedback. I need to hear and see people laugh with me.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
by Catherine Miller Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father; there is no shadow of turning with thee; thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; as thou hast been thou forever wilt be. The author of the hymn text “Great is Thy...
Grief
by Angela Jones I wish I didn’t know grief as well as I do but I’m very familiar. I can point to at least six distinct times that I have experienced intense grief in my life—each one a unique experience that I experienced spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and...
God’s Power
by Judith Barrett God gives me words to ponder. The words He spoke in early December overwhelmed me. My husband sat with me after church while I sobbed from the intensity of the Holy Spirit’s message: Big. Overwhelming. I had no idea what God meant. I told my...
In the waiting
by Jo Walthall Throughout the course of this COVID-19 outbreak, I’ve been following “information is beautiful,” a site that shares infographics with stats on the outbreak. According to one infographic, the media mentions of Covid-19 top 2.1 billion! And that’s...
Reflection in the time of Covid-19
By Bill Norwood Every generation has an event that tends to define them. My parents came of age in the Great Depression and World War II. They learned the frugality that was spawned by the Depression and they stepped in to protect this country which, up until Pearl...
A Litany of Thanksgiving
This litany and prayer for Thanksgiving can be found in the Book of Common Prayer. We've adapted it for use at your family table, so feel free to download the PDF and copy as many as you need for use during your holiday celebration. The file is designed to be printed...