Pumpkin in the Side Yard

By Ashley Bills  •  September 11, 2025

We didn’t plan to grow a pumpkin this year. In fact, we did the opposite.

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By Rev. Dr. Bobbie McKay  •  April 13, 2023

I have had the privilege and joy of two careers. After God called me into ministry, God gently reminded me I wasn’t quite finished yet. Waiting in the wings was an..

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By Rev. Dr. Kenneth Daniel  •  April 06, 2023

United Church Homes’ recently launched a new software enterprise management system. Everything we thought we once knew how to do competently and quickly has been turned..

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Still Small Voice of Grace

By Kim Moeller  •  March 23, 2023

Sometimes grace comes as a wee small voice offering words of encouragement or suggesting we take some specific action.

Walk On

By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  March 16, 2023

Over the past year or so I’ve been in a time of discernment. It has been my experience that these times of anticipating transition or finding a new path in life are not..

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By Rev. John Gantt  •  March 09, 2023

Imagine a sturdy old church building. A deteriorated neighborhood. Hemmed in by interstate and express highways. No grocery, drug or convenience stores nearby. No easily..

Abundant Grace

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When I was asked to officiate at the funeral of my father’s cousin, there was only one instruction about the service: “Don’t sing Amazing Grace”.

Sound & Silence

By Lisa B. Thomas  •  February 23, 2023

This is the final entry in our “Beyond December” themed blogs.

God's Other Name is Always Surprise!

By Rev. Dr. Bobbie McKay  •  February 16, 2023

I was an ordinary housewife, living in a suburb outside of Chicago with three children and one husband, one dog and a life plan that was not exactly written in..