I've been thinking and thinking and praying a lot about what I want to write this time. I keep going back to the four candles of Advent:...

Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were merry and bright, and I hope ...well, I hope. Thursday was the first anniversary of the...

Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. (Psalm 33:22, NRSV) Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and...

This week, we lit the candle of Love in our Advent wreath. Last year I wrote about six forms of love here. This year we seem to need...

This week we light the candle of Joy in our Advent wreath. I wrote in my Joy post last year (you'll find it here) that Joy is something...

This is the second week of Advent. Yesterday, Christian churches lit again the candle of Hope, and then lit the candle of Peace. I have...

Oh, my goodness. It has been a month in the Brown household! We started out with Julia's wedding on the 7th. Look up "radiant" in the...

When I was a little girl and we recited the Lord's Prayer in church, I always got quiet at the part, "Forgive us our debts." I was a...

Have you ever noticed that some terms are so common that you don't even think about what they mean? Terms like socialism, fascism, and...

A little boy - one little boy - had the generosity to share the little he had, which meant that he wouldn't have much for himself. But even

If you are of a certain age, you know Flat Stanley. The book by Jeff Brown (no relation) was first published almost 60 years ago. Since...

This blog post is a little different from my others. I have spent the last week as a delegate to the General Synod for the United Church...

Wow, has there been a lot of stuff in religion news lately! That guy that got swallowed by the whale brings up images of Jonah - I may...

We all know the commandment to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. It is first written in Leviticus (19:18), and then it shows up...

Today is Pentecost. In the Christian Church we mark this as the beginning of the "church." It is the day, described in the book of...

Have I ever told you that I struggle with depression? It started in earnest when I was in junior high and has been an unwelcome companion...

Dear Pastors, This is a really tough time for you. Church membership has fallen to below 50% in the United States (Bailey, 2021). I...

One of my favorite hymns is "Here I Am, Lord:" I, the Lord of sea and sky I have heard my people cry All who dwell in dark and sin My...