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         Friday night, several of us gathered for supper at South of the Border.  I’d just sat down and was searching for a menu when someone pointedly asked, “Well, Kim.  What are we going to talk about tonight?”  I reached … Continue reading →

  This summer, we’re looking at what it will take to “build a stronger community.”  After considering our community’s spiritual and vocational lives, the last two weeks we’ve turned our attention to… finances.  Oh, joy! Have sermons from the last … Continue reading →

  In a course I taught at Candler in 2000, the final project invited students to express their learnings in a creative way.  We’d been looking at how social dynamics like gender, race, and class shape learning experiences. One student … Continue reading →

  Hi, everybody!  I’ve missed you the last couple of weeks.  Two Sundays ago, I was in Baltimore for the UCC’s national ONA gathering and then for Synod.  Ugena and I will share some of our experiences with you next … Continue reading →

Weasels are wild.  As wild creatures, weasels do what nature has designed them to do–they hunt prey.  Here’s how they do it.  Disclaimer–this will be momentarily icky, but stay with me.  The point will be well-made.  I promise.  Here’s how … Continue reading →

  The last two years, June has been a rough month.  Two years ago, on June 15th, a lone gunman opened fire at a Bible study at Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston, SC, killing 9.  June 12th of last … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago on Easter Sunday morning, a clergy friend went in to wake up her three year old daughter:  “It’s Easter!  Let’s rise and shine like Jesus!”  The child lay there unmoving and said, “I’m dead Jesus, Mama. … Continue reading →

What a story.  The crowd!  Rushing wind!  A riot of languages.  And fire!  Lots of fire! Filled with God’s Spirit, Peter preaches.  He quotes the prophet Joel, who quotes God: I will pour out my Spirit on all humankind.  Your daughters … Continue reading →

Let’s talk about moral courage.     The term came to me when I learned of former President George W. Bush’s book, Portraits of Courage.  The book contains portraits and brief bios of soldiers wounded in armed conflicts Mr. Bush … Continue reading →

  My second year as your pastor, I got this feedback:  “We talk too much about spirituality.”  The statement fascinated me and has stayed with me.  Every so often, I pull it out and reflect on it.  Do we talk … Continue reading →