by Sarah Rentzel Jones | May 12, 2021 | Staff Blog
One of the experiences of my life that greatly informs my ministry is growing up with a father who was a pastor, which is a huge part of what called me into ministry after watching how he did things; and losing him to leukemia in 2012. It may seem like a heavy thing...
by Samantha Houser | Jan 22, 2021 | Staff Blog
As I exhale deeply after this week there is a hymn that has been rattling in my mind and so I share it with you: Breathe on me breath of God, fill me with life anew, that I may love what thou dost love, and do what thou wouldst do Breathe on me breath of God, until my...
by Aidan Spencer | Jun 30, 2020 | Staff Blog, News
When I prepared for a first pastorate, my Associate Conference Minister gave me one instruction: “Just don’t leave.” So, in thirty-eight years of ordained ministry, I have left exactly twice. Now, I am preparing for a third farewell. On September 1st, I will begin...
by Brigit Stevens | May 29, 2020 | Staff Blog
Read on Letterhead Sacred Conversations on Race UCC Racial Justice Dear Pastors and Leaders of the Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota churches of the United Church of Christ, Like so many others, I haven’t slept very well the past few nights. I have been watching the...
by Brigit Stevens | Apr 14, 2020 | Staff Blog
First, THANK YOU, PASTORS! I see you! You are working extra hours and carrying heavier burdens than most Lenten seasons. Thank you. I see you learning new technologies fast enough to inspire software companies to make upgrades in the middle of the chaos. I see you...
by Samantha Houser | Mar 27, 2020 | Staff Blog
Matthew 6:34 “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. I feel like I have some kind of whiplash. Emotional, spiritual, mental…something from these last few years, I mean weeks of upheaval. I have...
