Welcome to Eastertide! As some of my relatives asked when I mentioned it on Monday: what the heck is that? For those of us in the church,...

The next three days are what the high liturgical tradition call "Triduum" - Good Friday (Jesus dies), Holy Saturday (Jesus descends into...

"Why Have You Forsaken Me?" by Hannah Garrity of A Sanctified Art, LLC This weekend we move from Lent into Holy Week. On Palm Sunday, we...

"Power Play" by the Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity of A Sanctified Art, LLC We are headed for my favorite week of the liturgical year: Holy...

"New In Christ" by the Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman of A Sanctified Art, LLC This weekend we will be continuing in our Lenten Journey by...

"You Are Worthy" by the Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman of A Sanctified Art, LLC This weekend, we are continuing on in our foray into Jesus's...

"Homeless Christ" from Kelly Latimore Icons This weekend, we dive into the season of Lent with the events immediately following the...

This weekend we come to the crux of the matter. After speaking the blessings and woes to the inner-faith circle, Jesus continues in his...

"Christ of Maryknoll," by Br Robert Lentz OFM As I was growing up safe and sound in the middle of the United States during the 1980s, our...

"Peace, Be Still" by He Qi This weekend we are moving into the call of the first disciples in the gospel of Luke. Jesus, having just...

I come by my sometimes unhealthy obsession with holidays honestly.   As a child, my father was so captivated by these festivities that he...

Grace & peace to you, my siblings in Christ! This week has been a stressful one for so many of us and for so many reasons. There are...

I remember being at Montreat (our national conference center) a decade ago over the summer following the fiftieth anniversary of the...

As we approach the end of Christmastide on January 6, Epiphany Day, I offer one of my favorite poems as a blessing for this new year...

Christmas is just around the corner now. Which begs the question: how will you welcome the Christ-child into our midst? Almost five...

Not sure how this happened, but here we are at the middle of Advent - anyone else feel like they lost a few days somewhere? We spent our...

What is your favorite Christmas song? I know - you think I've lost the plot since Thanksgiving is the next holiday up in the season - but...

This weekend we are celebrating Thanksgiving in worship. One of the first scriptures I learned as a child was Psalm 100: "Enter God's...

This weekend we will be doing something remarkable. But more on that in a moment... Our passages are coming to us from a small book in...

I remember a few years back, I decided to take part in the daily thankfulness challenge for the month of November. The year was 2020. And...