January 2021 – Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees As we begin 2021, I’ll be on sabbatical. It’s an interesting time to take a sabbatical. I’ve been spending time thinking about these coming months and how to spend this time in ways that provide spiritual, emotional, and intellectual renewal. I’m looking forward to some simple pleasures – like ...

If you have the teal hymnal at home, you might notice hymn number 1014 was originally published with a name other than “Answering the Call of Love”. You see when Singing The Journey was published the song “Standing on the Side of Love,” was a new song. It was a song inspired by ...

Commitment means that we act on what we value and hold important. It’s easy to forget how we act sometimes. One way we can store our commitments is to name them. Name your commitments by drawing them or say them outloud, maybe share them with someone close to you, or write them down. ...

by nadine j. smet-weiss spiritual director in my head the very definition of commitment is a certain willfulness a hard core determination that come hell or high water i will do whatever it takes to make it happen see it through get the job done fight the good fight unto death until i surrender to life  offering what i truly have to give receiving all that i need to live the reciprocity ...