by Jessi Uran | May 9, 2020 | Community, Worship
by Jessi Uran | 3-minute read Editor’s note: Jessi Uran penned this essay on motherhood in 2019. For Mother’s Day 2020, we think it’s worth another look. Abba, Father. Before the day begins, I wash my image-bearing face. As I press it dry with the towel, the...
by Kathy Holliday | Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Faith Stories, Sermon Series, Women
by Kathy Holliday | 7-minute read Sunday after Sunday, my dad and I sat in the last row of the church balcony, under the clock. As the organ swelled, we stood to sing hymns from a well-worn maroon hymnal. We always shared, and I remember my dad’s thumb, always...
by Jessi Uran | Apr 17, 2020 | COVID-19
by Jessi Uran | 3-minute read The ground beneath me shifts but there is no earthquake. And the dirt thaws. The sky above me darkens but there is no rain. And the birds sing. The air around me howls but there is no whirlwind. And the flowers bloom. It is the...
by Jessi Uran | Feb 19, 2020 | Community
by Jessi Uran | 1-minute read True fellowship with one’s neighbor can never be born out of the particulars. It is not hidden in twinkling café lights, elaborate bouquets, or copious amounts of candles. It doesn’t stem from a farm to table menu, soulful music,...
by Jessi Uran | Nov 20, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Community
A writer crumples under the weight of Handel’s Messiah, until … By Jessi Uran What on earth was I thinking? I can’t write this. I stared at the computer screen for what seemed like the 50th time in three weeks. I’d scribbled research notes on three different pages...
