Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been going through something. I still don’t know how to name it, and I’m still having trouble even describing it. The best that I can do is to refer to it as an internal shift, though I’m still struggling to grasp what exactly is shifting. Here are aContinue reading “Full Stop”
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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 priorContinue reading “My Least-Planned Sabbatical Has Many Plans, Actually”
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 theContinue reading “A Prayer from a Garden”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 