Sep 23, 2020 | Weekly Words
“When you lose your sense of fear, you’re free.” –John Lewis, Good Trouble I like to follow directions. Really, I do. I’ve been asked to offer hope in the midst of pandemic. I’ve searched. My only offering today is my experience of God in the midst of the chaos. I...
Sep 16, 2020 | Weekly Words
Hello. My name is Drew Bongiovanni and I am a chaplain working in Atlanta, GA. Working as a chaplain, I am used to preparing for the unexpected. Responding to crisis and caring for people experiencing suffering means knowing that my daily schedule is a guideline, not...
Aug 26, 2020 | +Meredith Stone, Weekly Words
By Meredith Stone “I can’t believe I’ve never seen her before!” This summer I taught my final course as a faculty member at Logsdon Seminary and School of Theology. The subject of the online month-long course was Paul’s letter to the churches in Rome. I have always...
Aug 19, 2020 | Weekly Words
My husband Tom and I live in Austin, Texas. I grew up in Dallas in the 1960s. It was common for 110-112 temperatures in August. August had a rhythm then, as now. Temperatures are in the 90s by 10AM, 100s by noon. August is the worst. Heat can creep up on you slowly...
Aug 12, 2020 | Weekly Words
Reverend Megan J. Pike is a staff chaplain for Blessing Health System in Quincy, Illinois, which also happens to be the hometown of one of the Fab Five, Jonathan Van Ness. Recently, I had the opportunity to complete an initial survey to serve as a guest on a new...
Jul 29, 2020 | Weekly Words
“But you can ask the people can’t you?” I am used to people yelling things at me seconds before I go on live TV and normally I forget about it, but this one stuck. I was in Fayetteville, NC covering a Black Lives Matter protest, about to do a live shot when a woman...
