by Carol Burns | Jan 9, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin As many of you know, international travel has been a passion of mine throughout my entire adult life, and I have both worked hard and been fortunate enough to have seen many parts of the world at this, including significant...
by Rev. Dr. Stephen Simmons | Jan 2, 2022
Listen By The Rev. Dr. Stephen Simmons OK, so at our house we’ve been going through and recycling all the catalogs that we received during the weeks before Christmas (the Land’s End ones alone would form a stack two or three inches high), and here’s a choice...
by Carol Burns | Dec 26, 2021
LISTEN By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton Last Sunday, we celebrated the gifts of Mary and her courageous, prophetic song of praise, the Magnificat. We considered with awe and wonder her “yes” to bearing God’s love for the world in spite of all the...
by Carol Burns | Dec 24, 2021
By The Rev. J.C. Austin “The baby is coming.” There probably are other combinations of four words that approach the level of urgency that that phrase generates, but not many, and I can’t think of them. It’s why giving birth is such a go-to for television and...
by Carol Burns | Dec 19, 2021
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin I have no interest whatsoever in the Jacksonville Jaguars football team. However, I have spent over a third of my ministry working in leadership development at the seminary level, so I still found myself riveted by the debacle of...
by Carol Burns | Dec 12, 2021
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin If there’s anyone you don’t want at your Christmas party, it’s probably John the Baptist. Just picture it: the tree is shimmering with lights and ornaments, while festive decorations adorn the surroundings. People are clustered around...
