As a deeply pale individual, unalloyed sun is a logistical nightmare. Did I remember to put on sunscreen? What about my hat, did I bring the hat? If I’m bringing […]
Given the significant changes Countryside has experienced over the last five years—from relocating to the Tri-Faith Commons to the departure of tenured clergy to the impact of the pandemic—members of […]
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 […]
There are tumultuous waves that are too jarring and too loud. They pop like gunfire, they scream like missiles, they weep like hunger, they groan like grief. With every crash […]
Darkness suffers from bad PR. Images of fresh vitality and renewed vigor come with the morning light, while the night conjures voids of cheerful animation. No wonder so much of […]
Prayer isn’t a message scribbled on a note, jammed into a bottle, and tossed into the sea in hopes it will wash up someday on God’s shoreline. Prayer is communication […]
In the days immediately following the crucifixion and the subsequent resurrection, Jesus went around reconnecting with his immediate close-knit group of followers. They had blown like the wind as they […]
