Building Faith
My small parish in central North Carolina started gathering for Sunday morning in-person worship again a month ago. Literally, we have physically received Communion together during …
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We started as old and new friends for a Saturday morning book club at a coffee shop. We read and discussed the first chapter of the first book and then decided it was more …
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Last fall, I created a prayer calendar as part of our church's celebration of Creation Season. Each day featured a different native species, a local ecosystem, or a creation care …
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My earliest memory of church was when I was four years old at a women’s gathering at my church. I don’t remember if there were other children there or if this was one of the many …
The COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful in ways that many people have never before experienced. The extended length, level of uncertainty, and changing nature of the pandemic have …
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“I saw you were accepting of people like me and I wanted to find out how I could join.” A simple email from a local transgender high school student was enough to quiet the few …
We aren’t really post-pandemic (the children still need to be vaccinated) but we are looking at a set of realties very different than where we were a year ago. As we emerge …
To download this beautiful resource for use at church or at home as a PDF, click here. Introduction Blessings and prayers are practices that help ground and guide us. Prayer …
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On Thursday, March 5th, 2020, I eagerly packed the trunk of my tan 1998 Toyota Corolla to travel from my hometown to Western Massachusetts. There have been many times that I have …
We’re near the end of the spring. We are growing closer to Pentecost, when the disciples are empowered to GO and preach the word. Hopefully, we are growing ever closer to when we …
