By Lucy Johnson In this week’s Gospel, Luke reintroduces us to John the Baptist as a voice crying out in the wilderness. For some reason, I have always been attracted to the [...]
By Carol Younger Here we are again, First Sunday of Advent. It’s easy to fall into the ordinary routine of Christmas preparations. After all, it’s a family and national traditional [...]
By Deborah Kendrick As the visions during the night continued, I saw one like a Son of man coming, on the clouds of heaven; When he reached the Ancient One and was presented before him, The [...]
By Stephanie Landsem In first century Israel, there was only one place where devout Jews could make reparation for their sins against each other and against the Lord – the great [...]
The other day my husband and I were alone in the car — a rare event at our house, as we typically have at least one teenager and my mother along for the ride. He and I were heading [...]
By Sarah Damm If I had to guess the calendar date based on my favorite store’s décor, I would get it wrong. Fall pumpkins, cornucopias, and leafy garlands are nowhere to be found. Only [...]
By Melanie Rigney When the blind beggar Bartimaeus heard that the teacher everyone was talking about was coming, his expectations were low: pity, and perhaps a coin or two, the same things [...]
By Anne Carraux Christ-Centered Service Requires Less of Us, More of Him It feels so good to get praise! As a self-professed Church Lady, I hear today’s Gospel and realize [...]
By Kathleen Billings For the past twelve years my family and I have lived in charming little town about 1 hour west of downtown Chicago. Nearly every day we drive on a bridge that crosses [...]
By Jill Mraz 1 Cor 4:9-13 …we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and human beings alike. We are fools on Christ’s account… Easter fell on All [...]
