Daily Connector | I Matter | Brent (and Issac) Miller
Being the big kids on campus, a select group of 4th graders at JC Sommer Elementary are entrusted to be “Fourth Grade Ambassadors.” It is a program in which this group has the opportunity – nay, responsibility – to serve the younger kids at school in various ways: By welcoming…
Daily Connector | What I learned during COVID | Dan Halterman
I am a “neo-Luddite,” have general reservations about each new “e-thing.” I get unhappy facing a computer change. My PC at home is 11 years old; I’ve never learned how to use a fingerswipe pad; and I’m unsure how a “tablet” differs from a “laptop” – but I’ve been told…
Daily Connector | Giving Thanks… A Native American Good Morning Message | Diane Mueller
I have been thinking about my favorite Thanksgiving themed children’s book that I had the deep privilege to share with many a primary class during my teaching years. This book, Giving Thanks, A Native American Good Morning Message, by Chief Jake Swamp, was uncovered lately while digging through my remaining…
Advent 2020 = Awake in the dark
This year’s Advent theme is Awake in the dark. We based it on the gospel for this coming Sunday from Mark chapter 13. The reading begins with the sun being darkened, and ends with the words of Jesus: “What I say to you, I say to everyone: Keep awake.” It…
Daily Connector | The relationship of light/dark | Katie Graber
I appreciated Carolyn May and Phil Hart’s exploration of darkness imagery last week, and it reminded me of Joel’s sermon (a while ago!) that interwove the song “Joyful is the Dark.” In screening thousands of songs for Voices Together, I have become all the more aware of how some biblical…
