Hope Does Not Disappoint

By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  March 13, 2025

A few weeks ago, fellow blogger, John Gantt, wrote these words connecting the “four Cs” of this season’s theme.

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By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  August 26, 2021

Some of my fondest childhood memories are of my grandmother and my mother, sitting at the piano, playing and singing their favorite hymns. For my grandmother it was “How..