“The Wait is Over” LOVE is here—for the world, for the universe that holds all things together. Love is here for the broken, the strong, the oppressed, and their oppressors. […]
Luke’s gospel records that shepherds were watching over their flocks by night, and suddenly, the glory of the Lord shone around them. The angels said, “Do not be afraid; for […]
At Countryside, we tend to say that we know and love a God who gets us, who entered the human story, embodied what it means to experience the breadth of […]
Then we followed the “little girl,” teenaged Mary. As if on reality TV, we put a camera in her face; beside her pillow, in the quiet of her mind, in […]
One of my favorite authors and teachers, Barbara Brown Taylor, writes in her book “Learning to Walk in the Dark because God often Shows up at Night,” about her experiences […]
Every year during this time, on this particular Sunday, we lift God’s peace as a longing in our lives, a desperate plea on behalf of a hurting world seeking the […]
The former Dean at both Wake Forest Divinity and Candler School of Theology, the late Dr. Gail O’Day, explained in a lecture that “Advent is a season in which time […]
