Mary’s power
This coming Sunday belongs to Mary, the mother of Jesus, the peasant girl, the God-bearer. Mary’s partnership with God is what makes Advent possible. In this, she is a model for all of us. The angel comes, at some unexpected time, and gives an invitation into risk, the unknown, sacrifice,…
Enjoyment
Why do we enjoy some things and not others? I don’t know. Why do I enjoy building things, playing strategy games, and washing dishes, but don’t particularly enjoy planning out a garden, craft-making, or cooking? Why do I enjoy listening to others play guitar but struggle to find enjoyment in…
Optimism and Hope
I recently finished the book Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age by Bruce Rogers-Vaughn. It is aimed specifically at pastors and others in caring professions, but I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in exploring the ways that neoliberal capitalism negatively affects our social, interpersonal, and psychological health…
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…
