by Rev. Karen Kinney | Jun 28, 2026
Before we begin exploring these passages of Scripture, it will be important to define what we mean when we speak about healing or being healed especially as we approach it from a sense of spiritual healing. Healing is different from curing. We tend to use healing as...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Jun 21, 2026
As I wrote in my pastor’s message in the newsletter, when I first thought about learning as a discipleship/apostleship practice for today’s world, I was thinking book learning, Bible studies, things like that. But over the week, it became apparent to me that where the...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Jun 14, 2026
One evening when my son was at college, he called me. Now parents of college-aged children, and indeed my kids now, know that calling rather than texting means pick up the phone – I need to talk to you. The conversation centered around a faith question – earlier that...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Jun 7, 2026
Those last six verses from Acts 2 have not left me since Pentecost. Disciples – followers of Jesus learning everything they can– have become Apostles – messengers sent out to be the teachers, preachers, healers. And, now there are thousands and thousands of believers...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | May 24, 2026
Imagine you are one of the disciples. The resurrection of Jesus and his subsequent appearances to the disciples hasn’t done much to quell their fears, but they are doing as they are told, gathered in an upper room in Jerusalem waiting for something to happen. Since...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | May 17, 2026
These last weeks, we have explored what it means to have hope in a wilderness setting. The wilderness is often a tough place to be but also a place of growth, of unexpected oasis, of living water that gushes out nurturing and sustaining those in the wilderness....
