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By Sarah Christmyer   You can’t blame them, really. The men who raced toward the Temple were only following instructions. Just moments before, they were lepers: living on the fringes of [...]

By Sarah Christmyer   Photo by TheDigitalArtist via Pixabay.   It’s been almost 20 years, and “9/11” still socks me in the gut when I see it on the calendar. Right away I’m back in [...]

By Sarah Christmyer     Maybe it was anonymity that made us talk so deeply, this woman and I. A chance meeting led to coffee and then a day spent painting together. We stood at our [...]

By Sarah Christmyer   Clinging to the rock under the pounding spray of the waterfall is a delicate columbine. How did it get there? And more to the point: how has it managed to flourish? [...]

By Sarah Christmyer     Rushing to the car with a cart full of groceries, I hit a pothole.  Not a big one, just big and deep enough to grab a front wheel. The cart flipped forward, and [...]

By Sarah Christmyer   Five times in today’s gospel, Jesus tells his disciples to “remain in me.” They have just left the Last Supper and are on their way to the Mt. of Olives. “Remain in [...]

By Sarah Christmyer   In my experience, there are two things certain about April: taxes and trout season. I’m not sure which I dread more. One, because it falls to me to weed through the [...]

By Sarah Christmyer   It’s December 10 and already I’m ready for Christmas to be over. Ever since Thanksgiving, I’ve been baking, shopping, decorating, mailing, stringing lights, wrapping, [...]

CASTING OUT THE ROOTS OF BITTERNESS: Luke 17 By Sarah Christmyer They say forgiveness is easy, until you have something to forgive. And if the reason for that hurt continues—if the person [...]

  I spent hours fretting over what I would wear and serve at a recent dinner party. What a waste! I can’t believe the anxiety I nurture sometimes, over things large and small alike. So when [...]