Cake in the Time of Covid Author: Nancy Wade We have all been traumatized by the Pandemic; some have adapted more easily than others. I have to admit that from the time Covid-19 struck in mid-March until two or three weeks ago, I was...

Endurance Author: Nicole Speer By your endurance you will gain your souls. – Luke 21:19 We living our lives to eternal our soul – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, “Tha Crossroads*” Not surprisingly, living in a global pandemic has...

No One Is Alone Author: John Bisceglia "Do not fear for I am with you." Isaiah 41:10 Stephen Sondheim, in his musical "Into the Woods," tells us a modern-day fable in the form of old fairy tales with updated messages. In the first...

For Everything There is a Season Author: Jean Abott For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:  a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted….....

Judge Not Author: Nancy Wade  “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” Matthew 7: 1-2. In the midst of...

Coming Out Author: Hilde Raastad These days, I dream of coming outs. I want to see kids playing in the parks, friends hugging in the streets, classrooms filled with students and church pews crammed with people holding hands. I dream...

Don Quixote Author: John Bisceglia So if anyone is in Christ, there a new creation: everything old has passed away; see everything has become new! 2 Corinthians 5:17 In Cervantes’ prophetic novel we see on the surface an old man...

Reflections on the Lord's Prayer Author: Tom Stiers I was raised in an atmosphere of Methodist piety. Sunday evenings we had family prayers and Bible reading. At each evening meal my father said grace. At our United Methodist Church...