Ministry within the Margins

The church was getting quiet and serious as things turned toward communion-time with bread and wine. Suddenly a little boy inContinue Reading

What? Yeah. It’s not a theological term, but a social psychologist’s term. Since Trump’s election last fall, many people IContinue Reading

Mother’s Day is not just a sentimental holiday to honor those who birth biologically, though I personally love the cardsContinue Reading

Midlife is about giving birth to a lot of new things, as I was reminded in a devotional piece writtenContinue Reading

I’ve been outdoors looking for Easter today. Signs of resurrection are everywhere: In the renewed friendship with the neighbors, whomContinue Reading

I’m positively starved for a bit of GRACE this week, and so I’m scrapping the doggone lectionary and focusing on JohnContinue Reading

The statued Samaritan woman defiantly dares Jesus with the above question as she stares down into his face. Like aContinue Reading