Nancy Springer

Set us Free

For the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany:http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Epiphany/BEpi5_RCL.html So, here we find ourselves in midwinter and the crazy Texas weather has us turning on the AC one minute and the heater the next. We have to look at the daily forecast before getting dressed so we know if we need shorts and flip flops or bigContinue reading “Set us Free”

Why Lent?

Denying ourselves isn’t saying we are worthless. It is the understanding that our full value, our pricelessness, is found in the image of God at the core of each of us. Denying ourselves is knowing we can only be fully, truly, really human with God and each other.

An Invitation

I like ordinary and routine. It’s where life happens the most. It’s what makes the special days special and the extraordinary events extra-ordinary. And although I’ve come to appreciate much of this new way of things living through a pandemic, I’ll be so grateful when we can confidently say the danger is passed.

Possessed by Love

Anger and hate possess us and stop us from hearing God’s loving voice. Jesus speaks into the shouts of anger and the silence of resentment and can dispel them both. God’s love transforms our shaking fists into hands open enough to both receive and give love.

Livin’ Life 150 Words at a Time?

Way back when when I was in seminary the first sermon I had to give for a grade in preaching class was on these verses from Peter’s second letter (you remember Peter, he’s the fisherman formerly known as Simon who when Jesus said “follow me” he dropped his fishing nets and followed and then JesusContinue reading “Livin’ Life 150 Words at a Time?”

Hello?

For the Third Sunday after the EpiphanyJanuary 24, 2021http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Epiphany/BEpi3_RCL.html Remember way back before caller ID when our phones rang and we had no idea who was on the other end? If you are under the age of 35ish and can’t remember these ancient times, call your grandmother and ask about it. (And while you’re inContinue reading “Hello?”

Inauguration Day

Together let’s offer each other the compassion necessary (yep, even that person) to heal the hurt and division in this country.

Come and See

Sunday, January 17, 2021The Second Sunday after the Epiphanyhttp://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Epiphany/BEpi2_RCL.html We are halfway through the first month of the new calendar year and things were supposed to be different, better even. But the days of 2021 aren’t looking any different to the days of 2020. The pandemic is still very, very real with a new variantContinue reading “Come and See”

Baptism is a Beginning

Sunday, January 10, 2021The first Sunday after the Epiphanyhttp://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Epiphany/BEpi1_RCL.html In the beginning, the earth was formless and void and darkness covered the face of the deep. And God said, “Let there be light.” Today, this first Sunday after the feast of the Epiphany, we officially celebrate the Baptism of Jesus. Mark begins his telling ofContinue reading “Baptism is a Beginning”

A New Day

I’m still a bit numb from yesterday, how about you? What began as a day in which I was focusing on the Feast of the Epiphany and working on some spiritual formation curriculum became a time of staring, dumbfounded at the news reports of our capitol building being besieged. At one point my husband said,Continue reading “A New Day”