“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” – Maya Angelou Ahoy! As you read this, Brad and I are somewhere on a boat. We sailed out last...
“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,to him be the glory now and forever.” – 2 Peter 3:18 This past weekend, I had the opportunity to travel up to McKinney, Texas to gather with 130+women from across Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana for the R.O.S.E.S. event.R.O.S.E.S....
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” – Matthew 22:37 As I sit quietly today after the whirlwind month of May, I am once again reflecting on my journey here at Central Christian Church. There have been several times over the...
Several years ago, 2016 to be exact, CCC embarked to become a Green Chalice Congregation. For those who may be unfamiliar with the program I thought I would share not only about the program but also what CCC did then and what we can do going forward to continue caring for our environment. The purpose...
As I scrolled back through the last few Lenten seasons, I was reminded of how much we have experienced over that time together. Each Lenten season, we gathered on Wednesday evenings, sometimes virtually and other times in person, to share in a time of prayer and study. In 2021, we studied Jesus’ teachings about storing...
Last week I attended the first portion of my final class at Phillips Theological Seminary. The class consists of two 3-day intensive sessions with this past week on Zoom and then I’ll travel to Tulsa in April for the second portion for three days of intensive work on Women in the Hebrew Bible. It is...
