In Tuesday’s post, I ended with a question that I pray has been swimming around in your heart and brain: How have you experienced the goodness of God in your daily routine and schedule? If you haven’t been able to articulate how you have experienced God’s goodness, that’s ok. Can I ask you another question?Continue reading “Experiencing God’s Goodness”
Author Archives: Nancy Springer
What’s for Supper?
One of my family’s honored recipes is my grandmother’s meatloaf (and for all you anti-meatloafers out there, let me tell you this recipe would turn your meatloaf deprived world upside down, so please keep you negative meatloaf comments to yourself and focus on the point of this post which won’t be meatloaf). Several years ago,Continue reading “What’s for Supper?”
The Reality of God’s Presence
For the Third Sunday of Easter: a sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake, Canyon Lake, TX Readings It is the day of The Resurrection. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Joanna and other women who aren’t given the dignity of names but are nonetheless important in the story, had discoveredContinue reading “The Reality of God’s Presence”
Too Many
I interrupt our regularly scheduled posts… Please take the time to read the whole thing. Please share it. Please take it to heart. If you need to fix or refill your coffee, I’ll wait here while you do. I don’t like remembering how many posts I’ve written in the past 18 months about the violenceContinue reading “Too Many”
Witnesses to God’s Presence
Earlier this week I had a wonderful conversation with a friend about how we as clergy folks can help others learn to articulate their experiences with God. Our conversation focused on the expression of who we are as God’s beloved children rather than specific activities such as helping those in need (I use this phraseContinue reading “Witnesses to God’s Presence”
In the Waiting
“Do not worry about tomorrow.”
We like to see this teaching as a simple way to tell each other not to worry and in doing so, we miss the depth of these words. Both being anxious and being distracted by the future prevents us from experiencing God and each other fully.
The Opposite of Faith
The Good News story from Lectionary readings for the Second Sunday of Easter is the same every year and it is a story that even if you don’t know the details you know the nickname taken from it, Doubting Thomas, that has given dear Thomas an undeserved bad reputation these past 2000+ years. So here’sContinue reading “The Opposite of Faith”
Newness
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that there isn’t a single person among us who is doing what they expected to be doing when making life plans even a year ago, much less two, three, or four years ago. A year ago at this time, we were expecting the pandemicContinue reading “Newness”
Living Seasonally
Hi, Y’all! How are you on this blessed Tuesday? It’s a good time for a coffee break and conversation, don’t you think? In the church tradition I participate in, Easter like Christmas is celebrated as a season not just a day. We refer to the time from Easter Day until Pentecost as Eastertide. This spiritualContinue reading “Living Seasonally”
Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! “Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone was moved away from the entrance. She ran at once to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, breathlesslyContinue reading “Alleluia! Christ is Risen!”
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