By Mary C. Frances, Executive Director and Senior Consultant The tinsel is packed away, the holiday music has faded, and for many, the rhythmic...
By Mary C. Frances, Executive Director and Senior Consultant The tinsel is packed away, the holiday music has faded, and for many, the rhythmic...
By Steve Matthews Senior Missional Consultant In Christian liturgical traditions this is the first week of “Ordinary Time.” Ordinary...
By The Rev. Ken Howard Christmastide is over. The twelve days of Christmas have come and gone. In many places, it may be snowing, with a dusting of...
“The Work of Christmas” by Howard Thurman When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are...
"I will light candles this Christmas. Candles of joy, despite all the sadness. Candles of hope where despair keeps watch. Candles of courage where...
By The Rev Ken Howard [Author's note: I had started to write about something else today, but my plans were overtaken by events on the other side of...
By Mary C. Frances, Executive Director My new home came with a yard now buried under a pristine blanket of winter snow. To my eye, it’s a flat,...
by Steve Matthews, Senior Missional Consultant It’s December 3, 2025, and the landscape of our yard has changed quickly and dramatically in the past...