Liturgical Seasons
Liturgical Seasons
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Toe tags, tenderness and the tomb
A hospital chaplain who is called upon to attach the toe tags on deceased patients considers how this act of care reflects the women at the tomb.
Link to author Sarah Grace Thompson
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Sarah Grace Thompson
Writer, editor and chaplain
Easter offers hope in a chaotic world
For people suffering in this season, Easter reminds us that hope comes in many forms, including in the ways we are present to one another, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author David L. Odom
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David L. Odom
Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
How do you care for federal workers losing their livelihoods and vocations?
Soup, a reserve fund and protests — these are some ways that a church in Atlanta is responding to families reliant on jobs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Link to author David Lewicki
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David Lewicki
Co-pastor, North Decatur Presbyterian Church
God meets us in the dust
The first months of 2025 have held tragedy for many. What might we consider from that as Lent begins?
Link to author Khristi Lauren Adams
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Khristi Lauren Adams
Author
Advice for Epiphany: ‘Keep your eyes on the baby!’
Watching a 2-year-old reminds a loving grandmother of the way Epiphany grounds us, revealing a baby — the Christ child.
Link to author Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
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Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
Spiritual director and retreat leader
Advent in western North Carolina: Waiting with deep hope
In the mountain area devastated by Hurricane Helene, waiting has become a part of life. And for many, that life also entails the hard work of hope, writes a speaker, author and musician who lives there.
Link to author David LaMotte
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David LaMotte
Songwriter, speaker, author and peace activist
Mary’s mothering included many moments of tender nurture
The flesh-and-blood humanity of Mary’s motherhood has often been lost in our celebration of Advent.
Link to author Aleta Payne
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Aleta Payne
Senior editor, Faith & Leadership
The messy hope of Christmas
The reality and context of Jesus’ birth are far more inspiring than the sanitized version that Western culture embraces, a pastor writes.
Link to author Jason D. Thompson
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Jason D. Thompson
Pastor
Advent feels as if it were made just for me
The season of longing encompasses both the joy and the pain of our very human desire for God, writes an author.
Link to author Jean Neely
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Jean Neely
Scholar and writer
A note to pastors from a visitor in your pews
Writing from her perspective as a former pastor and now frequent church visitor, an associate director for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity’s Thriving Congregations Coordination Program suggests simple, concrete ways to welcome the visiting stranger.
Link to author Sarah E. Forsyth
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Sarah E. Forsyth
Associate Director, Thriving Congregations Coordination Program
