Dec 16, 2019 | Advent/Lent, Weekly Words
Scripture: When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her...
Dec 10, 2019 | Advent/Lent, Weekly Words
Scripture: Mark 13:24-37 “But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in...
Dec 2, 2019 | Advent/Lent, Weekly Words
For over twenty-five years at Northside Baptist Church in Clinton, MS, the church has designed Advent worship around a unified theme. In 2019, the theme is “Let Heaven and Nature Sing.” Each week, inspired by the lectionary scripture, a different element of heaven or...
Nov 18, 2019 | Weekly Words
Each night at the dinner table, my family has a ritual of each member sharing their “highs, lows, and gratitudes” of the day – a fun or joyful or fulfilling part of the day, a hard part of the day, and something that we are grateful for that day. I often nudge my...
Nov 12, 2019 | Weekly Words
On May 17th, I received some devastating news from Piedmont Transplant Center in Atlanta where I had been four years on the transplant list for a kidney. They abruptly placed me on the inactive list, which meant they would no longer be working to match a kidney for...
Oct 29, 2019 | Weekly Words
Halloween is one of my favorite evenings of the year, for many reasons. We usually have a big get-together at our house for friends to come and trick-or-treat around our neighborhood. I delight in seeing kids in their costumes (particularly the creative ones!), and I...
