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...
by Darrell Goodwin | Mar 13, 2020 | Staff Blog
“But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.” Malachi 3:2 My grandmother, Roberta Harris is the queen of hospitality. As an adult I have carried on my grandmother’s...
by Jonna Jensen | Jan 31, 2020 | Staff Blog
God’s grace and peace to you, beloved in Christ. As I write these words to you on a(nother) snowy morning, I am almost one month returned from blessed months of sabbatical leave. It was a time for writing, for praying, for silent contemplative labor, and for...
