6 Steps to Spiritual Awakening in the New Year
On the blog, Sivana Spirit, author Kim Chestney writes about making changes in your spiritual life for the New Year. Chestney lists 6 steps to waking up your in...
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5 Questions to help you manage your stress
Our bodies are designed to handle small amounts of stress. Still, our bodies are not equipped to handle long-term or chronic stress without consequences that ca...
Jesus Wept
In the 11th chapter of the Gospel of John, we read the story of Jesus raising his friend Lazarus from the dead. We do not know much about Lazarus other than he...
Sermon: A Call to the Grateful Way
This is the final installment of a series on developing an ethic of gratitude. As with the others in this series, this sermon is based on the book Grateful: The...
Sermon: The Grateful Society
This sermon is part of a series based on the book Grateful, The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks by Diana Butler Bass. In my “From the Pastor” ...
Reflection: Communal Worship
“…be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, alway...
Why I left the Church of Rome
This has not been the easiest piece I have ever written, I have struggled over this piece for several years writing and re-writing it, but now I feel it is time...
Reflection: I am the Bread of Life
“I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35 One of my favorite s...
Making Room in our Hearts
“I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his spirit and that C...
We must be intentional in seeking out the goodness in the world
I have fallen into the pit of despair and felt the anger welling up inside me. In our present political climate, it is easy to go down that road of anger and de...