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Reflection: Why I Still Belong to a Church

I have almost given up on church multiple times. Once, when I was fourteen, my mother was accused of some horrible things by the …

This Lent, you may wish to consider a new resource to use with your adult or high school classes. With the beauty and …

Jesus calls us to be peacemakers, not peacekeepers who bury angry, lonely, or sad feelings. With tweens, you can begin …

When the classic question in a conversation "What book would you bring to a desert island?" is asked, the Bible seems to …

"The birth of Jesus is not the end of the story. Our church year has just begun and we continue to tell the story of God’s …

The season of Epiphany is a season of beginnings. It starts in January, the month when popular culture invites us to …

When we consider the incarnate God in a manger, there are lots of stock images that flood our minds. One certainly is …

The true surprise of Christmas is that, like all of us, God was born to eventually die. Unexpectedly, by taking our nature, by …

The Reverend Georgene "Gigi" Conner recently rediscovered this article she had written while the Director of Parish Life Programs …

The Luminaria Tradition At a previous congregation, my family had a tradition of creating pathways of luminaria on our …