St. Margaret’s Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Mary treasuring and pondering all words she’d been hearing since her son’s birth may be one of the most loaded lines in scripture. “Treasuring the words” is an interesting take. “Pondering them,” even more. She treasured and pondered them, right up to the foot of the...

If you knew Jerri, you knew one of the faces of Jesus. She was a beloved woman in our congregation who loved life and willingly gave herself to God and the service of God’s people. Jerri was the first person to step up for anything. She joyfully decorated....(View...

Camp Barnabas was a place I loved visiting as a child and young adult. A camp for disabled children and adults, Camp Barnabas was a place where many of us could feel relaxed and free to be ourselves, together with other disabled people. Some of us also served as staff...

Trying to be entirely blameless is exhausting. When we attempt this, we become unhappy and unable to accept failures or mistakes. We deceive ourselves into believing that we are something we are not—and can’t be. God knows we mess up. God gives the gift....(View this...

Joseph’s mind must be in such a spin—weird dreams with angels and wise men and a new baby and more weird dreams with angels. He’s dealing with a lot of new information and a significant amount of pressure from all angles. Joseph does what parents all ....(View this...

Jesus revealed to the entire world how much God wants a relationship with us. Out of God’s own love, God became one of us. God’s love for us in Jesus is what makes our lives of faith possible—and impossibly, improbably good. ....(View this reading and more resources...

In just two days, the lectionary has taken us from glad tidings flying from angels’ wings in Luke to wayward chicks being gathered under chickens’ wings in Matthew. Yesterday, Isaiah told us about the Prince of Peace and the establishment of the everlasting justice of...

Mary knew her baby would probably be born on the road, so she packed a bag for him. She didn’t know where he would be born, but she knew he would need something soft to keep him warm. My mother knew I was coming, too. Even though I couldn’t stay with her....(View this...

I have a small John the Baptist living across the street from me. He’s seven, and he loves his neighbors. He worries about us, too. One afternoon I was returning from running errands, and winter ice patches were still hiding under a blanket of white snow, even on our...

Throughout history, we read about unlikely people who rise to power and use their influence to divide and conquer. They exploit their authority as a way to oppress others. Love is not a factor in their power structure. Mary and everyone she knew had heard stories...