Steps for Putting “Abide in me” into Practice
By Jude Johnson Every time I read John 15:1-8, the theme for this year’s RezArts Festival, one word echoes like a refrain to me: abide. In this short passage—the final
Our Leaders
Author: Dawn
Winter Musings
By Chris Ribaudo He waited to release a dove and for its return. He labored for Rachel’s hand. He stayed on a mountain for stone tablets. He hid in arid
Her Love Foretells
By Sarah Graham She gazes, transfixed On Him. On Him, whose umbilical cord Still pulses with her blood. Whose lips pucker, rooting, Head bobs, searching. He, whose Word Made her.
The Last Holy Fool: A defense of Santa Claus
By Blake Adams There is a Santa Claus. He was a fourth-century bishop in modern Turkey during some of the most interesting times in Christian history. He survived the Diocletian
The Beautiful Ache of Advent
By Fr. Matt Woodley A few decades ago, on the first Sunday of Advent, I played a short clip of John Lennon’s song “Imagine” right before my sermon. I’m certain