What Comes Next?

By Kim Moeller  •  May 16, 2024

I must admit, I have always been impatient for what comes next. What’s the next chapter? What’s the next new new thing? And more to the topic, what happens next to our souls after our bodies finally break down and cease to go any further?

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A Chipmunk Emergency

By Lisa B. Thomas  •  April 21, 2022

My name is Lisa Thomas and I am the newest blogger on the block. I’m so excited to be a part of this blogging team, and when Beth asked me to write for the week after..

Crossroads and Intersections at Holy Week

By Rev. Dr. Kenneth Daniel  •  April 14, 2022

My son recently completed a master’s degree in social work. As usually happens, he found my knowledge of social concepts lacking. So, we began to discuss the concept of..

The Miraculous Art of Returning

By Rev. Kristen Orion  •  April 07, 2022

When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles..

Art That Moves Us... To Our Knees

By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  March 31, 2022

When I was young, I knew most of the nooks and crannies of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Our family attended a large, downtown church and sometimes on Sunday afternoons..

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging  •  March 24, 2022

When I arrived in church on February 27 there was a large vase of sunflowers in the front of the sanctuary. I took note of them and wondered, why sunflowers in winter?..

A Season of Beauty and Rhythm

By Rev. John Gantt  •  March 17, 2022

Purchase College. I’m not encouraging you to buy a college. Purchase College is in – wait for it – Purchase, New York. Do not try to purchase New York, either. Purchase..

Even Now

By Rev. Kristen Orion  •  March 10, 2022

Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near - a day of..

The Gallery of my Heart

By Rev. Dr. Bobbie McKay  •  March 03, 2022

I married a photographer! I didn’t know that at the time - not that it would have made any difference in my decision to marry this amazing man who had entered my life..

My Music Life List

By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  February 24, 2022

Life Hymn-list One of the blessings of this pandemic time has been the regular schedule of meetings with the “circle” of folks who participate in writing this blog. We..