Making Disciples
Every day, they walked a glassy bridge from their spare rented room to the oncology unit for his chemo treatments. She, the mother, had given a bone marrow transplant as a last hope. He, the homeless son, needed that. She had locked her door against him when he started to steal her things, pawning them […]
Callings – Peter Storey at Seekers, Heading Home Educational Fellowship, Carol Martin on Prison Accompaniment, Family Place Immigrant Support
Callings – Winter 2022 The latest Winter issue of Callings leads with Rev. Peter Storey’s recent visit to Seekers Church where he discussed his life’s ministry and his new book Protest at Midnight. Jeanne Marcus of Bread of Life Church describes the new Heading Home Educational Fellowship for “emerging scholars returning from incarceration”– which was covered in […]
Magnaminity
I remember when my husband and I had just indulged in giant-scoop ice cream cones of our favorite flavor, jamoca almond fudge. Stumbling on the cobblestone pavement, his cone flipped, and the ice cream fell out. A young child behind us gasped and stepped up, holding out her own cone as solace. Who could have imagined this magnanimous […]
One Sound
I thought it was a good idea to bring the painting of pregnant Mary to Dayspring. It was the beginning of the season of Advent, a time of spiritual gestation, and I had been invited to lead the silent retreat for Dayspring Church. This print hangs in my home. She’s great with child all year round. I’m always […]
