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The Last of the Four
This weekend we will finally reach the end of the Genesis narrative. The last of the patriarchs - Joseph - is actually only the fourth...
Aug 25, 20251 min read


Wrestling God
"Tangled Blessing" by the Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman of A Sanctified Art, LLC This weekend we are tackling Jacob. Kind of an ironic way...
Aug 21, 20253 min read


Thin Places
"The Space Between Us" by Roxana Save The Celts believed that throughout the world there were "thin" places. Locations where God comes...
Aug 7, 20252 min read


The Original Handmaid's Tale
As we mentioned this past Sunday, once the matriarchs and patriarchs stories begin, we are already into the thick of the story. And it...
Jul 21, 20251 min read


Turning Point
This weekend we make a turn in Genesis. We began with the primordial stories of how everything came to be or as one of my professors used...
Jul 15, 20251 min read


Babel
Throughout history, and quite often in Sunday School, we have been taught that the sin of Babel is the sin of Icarus - we flew too close...
Jul 9, 20252 min read


The Great Unfinished Symphony
We are almost to midsummer and the rains are finally rolling in. I can still remember the summers of my childhood spent playing around...
Jul 2, 20252 min read


The First Sin
"Who will you listen to?" by the Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman of A Sanctified Art, LLC This weekend we are skipping over one of the best...
Jun 26, 20252 min read


The One No One Gets
This coming Sunday is Trinity Sunday. As far as liturgical holidays go, it's right up there in everyone's minds with National Take Your...
Jun 12, 20251 min read


The Flame That Does Not Consume
This Sunday is Pentecost. And though many of us within the church are quite familiar, I ran into someone earlier this week who was not...
Jun 6, 20252 min read


Welcome to the Wondrous Variety
Every year, the month of June is designated as a time to remember those who have gone before us in the LGBTQIA+ community who have died...
Jun 3, 20253 min read


Little Things
One of the adages we are all taught at some point in our lives is "don't sweat the small stuff." And yet, it is often the small stuff...
May 22, 20252 min read


A Tale of Two Sovereignties
"A Choice" by the Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman of A Sanctified Art, LLC When looking at the Revised Common Lectionary, it becomes...
May 15, 20252 min read


Faithful Witnesses
"Survival for the World" by Thornton Dial We are continuing on in our study of Revelation this weekend. And after John has introduced the...
May 8, 20252 min read


Revelation
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,...
Apr 24, 20251 min read


Descended into Hell
The next three days are what the high liturgical tradition call "Triduum" - Good Friday (Jesus dies), Holy Saturday (Jesus descends into...
Apr 15, 20251 min read


The Crucified God
"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...
Apr 8, 20252 min read


Holy Love
"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...
Apr 2, 20252 min read


Prodigal
"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...
Mar 25, 20252 min read


The Necessity of the Unsavory
"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...
Mar 20, 20252 min read
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