Be vigilant and steadfast in Ordinary Time
In a long season that lacks the spectacle found elsewhere in the liturgical calendar, we can find space to focus and grow, writes the associate program director for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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Crawfish and lizards and mice, oh my! Photos from the Blessing of the Animals
It’s one of the joys of church life – the Blessing of the Animals! Readers sent in their favorite images from this annual ritual, including, yes, crawfish and lizards and a mouse. Also some very cute dogs.
Living in sacred time, in our ordinary days
In this secular world, what are the ways in which our Christian institutions can continue to help root us in our faith?
Link to author Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
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Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
Spiritual director and retreat leader
Practicing waiting
How do we wait on the Lord? It is a practice of patience, expectancy and hope.
Link to author Alaina Kleinbeck
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Alaina Kleinbeck
Associate Executive Director, Coordination Programs
Laura Stern: The church in summer -- the whistling, fluid body of Christ
Spellbound by a hymn-whistling tourist, an island pastor learns that even in the malaise of summer, God gives every church all the gifts and graces it needs.
Link to author Laura Stern
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Laura Stern
Senior Pastor, Apex United Methodist Church
