Nancy Springer

Let us Begin Together

Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return. What a depressing opening, Mother Nancy! Can’t we be more positive? Didn’t you say Jesus came to show us the abundance of LIFE? Why do you even need to talk about this mortality thing? We could talk for hours about how our culture triesContinue reading “Let us Begin Together”

The Truth for which We are Made

Did you know that the use of the word ‘truth’ has more than doubled in books written in American English in the last 40 years*? Did you know that this kind of thing was even tracked? Do we even know what such a fact can tell us? Do we really care? (And for full discloser:Continue reading “The Truth for which We are Made”

What’s Love got to do with it?

Y’all can all thank me later for that ear worm. I was having a conversation with my sister the other evening and she asked if I’d read “that book about love wins”. I immediately started throwing titles and authors at her and she stopped and asked, “just how many books with love in the titleContinue reading “What’s Love got to do with it?”

Questions and Answers

Regardless of the man’s response, Jesus doesn’t withhold healing. He offers God’s grace freely. The gift of being well is ours, period.
Gifts don’t do much good when left in the box.

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?”