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”
Christmas Week: Ultron
Previously: Restart, Frankentree, Bing The Sunday before the season began, a group from the congregation stuck around after worship to decorate the sanctuary. This included the only other family in the church close to my own family’s ages, the youngest of whom is a boy in early elementary school. My sermon that day featured aContinue reading “Christmas Week: Ultron”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 