Remembering While We Wait

By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  December 05, 2024

When I went to seminary in my forties, I learned the pure pleasure and joy of studying scripture with my heart wide open. I read the familiar passages, and I surely learned to read parts of the Bible that I’d never heard of before.

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Remembering While We Wait

By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  December 05, 2024

When I went to seminary in my forties, I learned the pure pleasure and joy of studying scripture with my heart wide open. I read the familiar passages, and I surely..

Gratitude for Simple Pleasures

By Kim Moeller  •  November 28, 2024

It is often said that a contented person is the one who finds joy in the small, little, simple things of life.

ThanksLiving

By Rev. John Gantt  •  November 21, 2024

Imagine my chagrin. In my high school days (oh my – that was over 70 years ago!) I thought I invented a word.

The Quiet Power of Sacrifice

By Ashley Bills  •  November 14, 2024

While sacrifice is often portrayed as something grand, I believe it doesn’t have to be. I've come to see it as a quieter concept, rooted in the small, everyday choices..

The Day I Lost All My Friends

By Rev. Dr. Bobbie McKay  •  November 07, 2024

I wasn’t expecting to lose anything. It was the summer before I started high school and as far as I was concerned, life was normal but with an edge of excitement that..

Sitting at the Cool Kid’s Table

By Lisa B. Thomas  •  October 31, 2024

This past summer, my husband John and I left our suburban Cleveland home to visit John’s sister Mary and her husband Joe in the small college town of Goshen, Indiana...

WHEN I UNBELONGED: Personal Stories About Not Fitting In

By Rev. John Gantt  •  October 24, 2024

Words from one of our blog writers define unbelonging as times when one feels left out, judged, or totally different. My story may illustrate how that works.

Being Fully Ourselves

By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging  •  October 17, 2024

Belonging is a concept that is more than just intellectual understanding. Most often belonging is something we know intuitively, something we sense. It includes..

The Gift of 20 More Years of Life

By Kim Moeller  •  October 10, 2024

What will you do with the gift of an additional 20-30 years in average life expectancy? Will you waste those years or will you connect with your reason to get out of bed..