by Darrell Goodwin | Oct 7, 2019 | Staff Blog
Disempowering Loss With Gratitude “I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The LORD gave me what I had, and the LORD has taken it away. Praise the name of the LORD!” -Job 1:21 Over the past month I have visited both churches where I was...
by Ellis Arnold | Jul 15, 2019 | Staff Blog
I stood at the back of the convention hall with a cup of coffee in hand. I watched people strolling in, chatting among themselves, then suddenly growing silent as they heard the music in the air. A jazz ensemble is leading worship with contagious joy. Nearby an...
by Samantha Houser | Jun 4, 2019 | Staff Blog
I am an artist. It has been a hard thing to claim because it isn’t my profession, but it is one of my callings in this life. To create. In fact, I believe that we are all artists in some capacity. Creating with various mediums the feelings that we have, the change we...
by Jonna Jensen | May 4, 2019 | Staff Blog
Grace and peace, dear saints of the Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota Conferences. I pray that whether it is so powerful that you reach for sunglasses or so faint that you squint to seek it — the glorious light and hope of Easter abide with you. Executive Conference...
by Darrell Goodwin | Apr 1, 2019 | Staff Blog
A few weeks ago, amidst the chaos of natural disasters and senseless shootings, I arrived in Omaha to serve the Iowa-Nebraska-South Dakota Conferences of the United Church of Christ as an associate conference minister. As I was getting settled, I made an appointment...
by Aidan Spencer | Mar 4, 2019 | Staff Blog
A Year in the Life of TCM: Learnings, Surprises, Challenges, Joys and Hopes Just over a year has passed since Rev. Brigit Stevens began as executive conference minister of the Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota Conferences UCC and the experiment of a shared staffing...
