At the beginning of Lent, I shared with you that I was going to craft my way through Lent as a form of self-care. For me, crafting is about far more than the actual act of making something with my hands. It is a way for me to clear my mind of the clutter and … Continued
What happens to the food you cannot eat or compost? When we place food and other items in our trash bins, where does it all go? Unless they can be recycled, most of our discarded items are taken to a landfill. The landfill is a modern facility located near cities and towns intended to manage … Continued
In the fall of 2018 while studying at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, I took a Christian Theology class for which the final project was to artistically express my own personal theology. Of course, I decided to write a song, which I ended up calling “This Is the End.” I would eventually play this song … Continued
It’s always a little mind-boggling to me to think about how we experience time differently based on our point of reference. In reflecting upon the past year, it seems like time has slowed to a crawl, but still, so much has happened. Just over one year ago, I was leading Ash Wednesday services at the … Continued
Here we are again. The season of Lent is upon us… again. In reality, it feels like it never really left us. Lent is seen by many as the season of giving up luxuries, vices and habits that pull us away from a more faith-centered life. It’s seen as a season of self-reflection, wrestling with … Continued
Be Thou My Vision. I don’t know why this hymn has such an effect on me. Maybe it is my Irish DNA that sings out when I sing it. The words to Be Thou My Vision are a translation of an ancient Irish prayer and are set to an Irish folk melody. There is something … Continued
Saturday, 2/20/2021 10:00 am – 11:00 am We are grateful to The Barnabas Partnership and CBFNC for sponsoring this conference offering a selection of ministry topics designed to help you make sense of, and find opportunity in, today’s world. All are invited to participate. The Seminar topics are listed below and Zoom links for each … Continued
Believers’ baptism has been a fundamental and defining aspect of Baptist identity since the beginning of the Baptist movement in early 17th century Europe. For Baptists, water baptism represents entrance into a “community of believers who can testify to an experience of grace through Jesus Christ.” It is a rite of passage that (usually) occurs … Continued
Matthew 2: 1-12 On this day of Epiphany, Christians often read the story of the visiting Magi from Matthew’s Gospel. We are familiar with the story. Foreign astrologers from outside of the Jewish faith who found the Christ child – while others, insiders, missed him. There’s a lesson in that, perhaps for another day. Those … Continued
The Seventh Lesson: John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and … Continued