by Stephanie Nakamura | Sep 21, 2025 | Blog
During a covid shutdown in 2020, I received a kitten. She has become one of the most consistent aspects of my life, and makes me remember how much I had taken close proximity to other human beings for granted before 2020. In that season distanced from others, she was...
by Valerie Baggett | Sep 14, 2025 | Blog
I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6) Those of us reading the Everyday Gospel have been reading through the prophets for most of the last two months. While I really...
by Stephanie Nakamura | Aug 17, 2025 | Blog
The shepherd lies down in the entrance to his sheep enclosure, and above is the wide, deep sky in endless blue-black. The earthy odor of the sheep comes with the warmth of them on one side and, on the other, cool breezes of the night bring the smell of leaves and...
by Valerie Baggett | Aug 12, 2025 | Blog
Jesus said, “I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.” (John 10:9-10) At the...
by Dan Linden | Aug 3, 2025 | Blog
Four centuries before the birth of Christ, the Greek philosopher Plato said, “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” Physicists tell us that light is not tangible like a metal but is an...
