Monthly Archive: May 2024

31
May

Music & Art Notes: Sunday, June 2, 2024

Music Notes Women are not commonly the protagonists in scripture, but they are at the most pivotal moments – from today’s scripture to the discovery of the empty tomb. Like […]

28
May

Playing – Devotional

I’m sitting at the end of a long bench in the food court, buzzer in hand as I wait for my order. The bench borders three sides of an informal […]

20
May

Complicated – Devotional

I know someone who responds to every tummy ache, horrendous headline, flat tire, financial disaster, and family tragedy with the same preternatural equanimity. This too shall pass. All will be […]

17
May

Countryside: Where Art and Spirituality Meet

Art has long been revered within the sacred confines of churches, serving as a conduit for spiritual reflection and communal connection. Historically, churches have patronized the arts, commissioning and collecting pieces […]

13
May

Refuge – Devotional

The Bosque del Apache is a National Wildlife Refuge two hours south of the church I serve in Santa Fe. Established in 1939 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 57,000-acre […]

09
May

Music Notes: Sunday, May 12, 2024

Womb of Life, and Source of Being was written by Ruth C. Duck, a notable hymn writer with a controversial but effective style regarding gendered language. According to hymn scholar […]

06
May

Pilgrim’s Progress – Devotional

When we returned to in-person worship after being shut down for the pandemic, I experienced a spiritual crisis. Church didn’t feel like it used to. I was disappointed in myself […]