by Carol Burns | Dec 5, 2021
Listen By The Lindsey Altvater Clifton We are all familiar with the preciousness of bedtime rituals—we read and sing to children and tuck them in with sweet words: “Good night, sleep tight, sweet dreams…I love you.” And even as grown-ups, we often crawl...
by Carol Burns | Nov 28, 2021
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin I’m not someone who has ever really struggled with homesickness of any kind. The only time I can remember truly experiencing anything like it was in the two years that I spent living abroad: the first for a year in Australia in the early...
by Rev. Cynthia Leslie Simmons | Nov 21, 2021
Listen When I was a small child, I was very fond of fairy tales and deeply regretted the fact that I lived in a country led by a president rather than a king. Kings and queens sounded so much more glamorous than senators and representatives and presidents. And since...
by Carol Burns | Nov 14, 2021
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin Last summer I flew on an airplane for the first time in two years, since the pandemic began, and there were a lot of things that had changed. Everyone was wearing a mask, for starters, but there were also face shields on top of...
by Carol Burns | Nov 7, 2021
Listen By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton “I’m going fishing.” Growing up, it was an annual summer tradition to head to the beach the week of the Fourth of July with my dad’s family. My grandparents, my aunt and uncle and cousins, sometimes even extended...
by Carol Burns | Oct 31, 2021
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin There are not many things that can unite the entire country these days; as we all know, we are living in a time of great polarization, whether you’re talking about politics, economics, or culture. But there’s at least one thing that left...
