based on Genesis 32:22-31 Faithful God, it is dark and we are struggling. The causes of our anguish are numerous. They include concerns for our world and for ourselves. We’re also wrestling with you: your presence and place in all else that tosses us about all night without rest or respite. Yet we cling toContinue reading “A Prayer on the Riverbank”
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God-Haunted
The band Over the Rhine uses a phrase in the liner notes for their album Ohio that has stuck with me for some time. Co-founder and husband of the spousal duo Linford Detweiler writes of being born in Hartville, Ohio, the small Mennonite town that neighbors my home, and meeting eventual wife and bandmate KarinContinue reading “God-Haunted”
The Actual Doing of the Thing
At the center of this year’s General Synod of the United Church of Christ, a “pray space” had been provided for children up through preschool age. It included tables at which to color or draw, some mats for crawling and tumbling, and a few other modest amenities for creative play. The idea for such anContinue reading “The Actual Doing of the Thing”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 