Grounded in Faith, Formed in Community
My friend Judy once told me that every year on Mother’s Day, she makes sure to sign up to volunteer in her church’s nursery during worship. When I asked her why, she said, “Ever since my mom died, I just can’t be in worship on Mother’s Day. They make such a big deal of it…
Six years ago, I came home from work and said to my husband, “I’d like to run a marathon.” As the most athletic thing I’d ever done to that date was an energetic performance of “Godspell,” he was a bit surprised by my declaration. Ever patient and always tolerant of my hare-brained ideas, however, he…
Earth Day is the day when Christians have the opportunity to celebrate God’s amazing gift of creation to all of humankind. In the past, few Christians saw reason to celebrate Earth Day. It seems we were unable to connect the budding environmental movement with our practice of the Christian faith. The problem was not necessarily…