“Finding Our Way” A New Study Guide for the #PandemicPastoring Report Recently, I took the new “Finding Our Way” Study Guide out for a test drive. I’m excited to tell you that it did exactly what we hoped! It got…
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3MMM | Episode 148: Easter Blessings
Today we want to offer you some Easter blessings and thanks. If you follow the Roman calendar, then you are now in Eastertide. It’s Easter Monday and that means it is time for laughing, jokes, putting your feet up for…
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3MMM | Episode 64: Caring For Joy
Anyone else wake up tired? Easter Monday is a day for taking a big exhale. If you work in and for the church, you just finished the biggest week and high, holy Sunday of the year. You are also carrying…
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Reflecting on the Alliance of Baptists The Alliance of Baptists met in mid April in Atlanta, Georgia. We were hosted kindly by the good folks of Northside Drive Baptist Church. Here are some reflections on my time at the annual gathering…
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“Baptist Preacher Girl” An Evening of Entertainment National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion May 19, 2014 Readers’ Theatre By Kryn Freehling-Burton with Susan Shaw In a denomination that historically has centered on soul competency, what happens when women hear…
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Eastertide VII – Practicing Resurrection
Practicing Resurrection F ~ Food and Faith Saturday morning I was up early with plans to go to a hot yoga class. My husband was planning to catch a swarm of bees (a story for another post). He told me that his friend…
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May 3, 2014 Tweets about #FoodAndFaith @ecampbellreed “Food and Faith: A Matter of Health and Wholeness” Conversations with Norman Wirzba, Ellen Davis and Wendell Berry St. George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee Advice for young farmers? Be careful, don’t give up…
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Eastertide IV
Practicing Resurrection D As the Sister preached tonight at St. Benedict’s Vigil service, she reflected on the Gospel reading for tomorrow. She reminded me and about about 60 other worshipers that everyone, like Jesus’ disciple Thomas, has periods of doubt about the resurrection. Amen, Sister.…
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Eastertide III
Practicing Resurrection C Let’s start simply. Rule number one for practicing resurrection: Look for signs of new life. Resurrection is not merely about the cycles of life. However, it is about renewing life. Right now the cycles of life are bursting forth everywhere. But…
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Eastertide II
Practicing Resurrection B Last week I sent off final proofs on some devotions for Upper Room’s Disciplines 2015. My chosen theme for the week following Easter next year is practicing resurrection. I won’t be sharing what I wrote for Upper Room here…
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Practicing Resurrection A Eastertide is the season of the church year that we observe from Easter Sunday until Pentecost Sunday. In the coming 50 days, I’ll be unfolding a new series called “Practicing Resurrection.” I wrote about Wendell Berry’s injunction to “practice resurrection” last summer. As…
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A Six-Word Story* ____________ * This idea came from Six Word Story Everyday. At that site contributors offer pictures worth a lot of words, but they only use six to tell each story. Since that discovery, I’ve posted a number of these short…
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Beyond Our Wants and Fears Note: This week’s lectionary readings include Psalm 23. My congregation followed the Good Shepherd throughout Lent, inspiring this story. Saturday “Maaa-maaaaah!” The wail comes over my phone. It’s late in the afternoon following a beautiful…
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