Nancy Springer

All In

A Sunday Reflection*:The readings for the twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost are here. When you hear the word abundance, where do your thoughts go?When you hear the word enough, where do your thoughts go? In the reading from Mark’s telling of the good news story today, Jesus and the disciples are on the campus of theContinue reading “All In”

Always Learning

I fret sometimes after one of my posts goes live about saying the wrong thing or if some might consider my words to be controversial or offensive. And then I am reminded by God’s gentle voice of the reason for this desire, the need, to share words with others. What started as a way toContinue reading “Always Learning”

The God of Life

A sermon preached for the Feast of All Saints’ at St. Francis by the Lake, Canyon Lake, TX. The lectionary readings for the Feast of All Saints’ are here. I’d like to share a personal story with you, if I may. I shared this with the group who gathered on the deck for fellowship thisContinue reading “The God of Life”

A New Thing: A Friday Feature

Let’s start something new, shall we? Along with the regular Tuesday and Sunday posts, on the last Friday of each month I’d like to start sharing with you a podcast or book or blog that has become one of the learning tools along my journey. My hope is that you will make the time toContinue reading “A New Thing: A Friday Feature”

And

It’s a long one, Y’all. You might want to grab another cup before we begin … When I first started posting my writing on FB in the early fall of 2019 in response to the gun violence that has become way too common in our culture, my intent was to help us all grow moreContinue reading “And”

What do you want me to do?

A Sunday reflection*.The readings for the twenty second Sunday after Pentecost are here. I’d like to start off this reflection with a short explanation: I know that not everyone who may be reading this is part of a congregation that uses the Revised Common Lectionary and there are some who do but don’t know thatContinue reading “What do you want me to do?”

Present Tense

When was the last time you heard or read the Twenty Third Psalm? I’m going to venture to guess it was at a funeral. It does appear as the optional reading in the lectionary for certain Sundays in years A & B and also every year in the readings for the 4th Sunday of Easter.Continue reading “Present Tense”

Measuring Success

A sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake Episcopal Church, Canyon Lake, Texas. The lectionary readings for the twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost are here. I’m going to start us off today with two questions:1. Do you know what the definition of insanity is? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.(AndContinue reading “Measuring Success”

Enough

We need some cupcakes with our coffee this morning, Y’all! Exactly one year ago today, I posted the first articles on this blog! Now, granted, I’d been writing them for a year prior to that but today marks the anniversary of when this website, by God’s grace and my keyboarding skills, officially opened. I writeContinue reading “Enough”

Lacking

A Sunday reflection*.The readings for the twentieth Sunday after Pentecost are here. In the prayer for today, we ask that God’s grace always precede & follow us – surround us – so that we can do good works. The order is important: God’s grace enables us to do good works, we do not earn God’sContinue reading “Lacking”