Jeffrey A. Nelson

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Sabbatical/D.Min/Summer Reading 2026

It’s already time for me to make my next reading list of the year. I normally wait another month or so to make my summer list, but I want to incorporate two other upcoming events into this post: 1) My 2-month sabbatical from my National Ministries position, which will be all of May and June,…

Personal

My Least-Planned Sabbatical Has Many Plans, Actually

For all of May and June, I will be taking a sabbatical from my position at the UCC National Ministries. This was originally meant to take place this past fall, but those plans derailed, and I rescheduled it for now. This will be the third instance that I’ve been afforded sabbatical time. The two prior…

Prayers

A Prayer from a Garden

based on John 20:1-18 Faithful God, it is a day to proclaim to one another that the tomb is empty, that Christ has been raised, and that life has the final word over death. We hear these words and even speak them ourselves, and yet we still may feel the need to run to the…

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Rev. Jeffrey Nelson is a UCC minister and author.

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