Lena Withrow

Beloved Community,

The Gifts of a Teaching and Learning Church

May 9th, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, One August Sunday some three years ago, I met a winsome pair of brand-new students on the precipice of beginning a three-year journey t...

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Beloved Community,

Embracing the Gift of Rest

May 2nd, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, Facebook told me yesterday that it was nine years ago that Amy McClure and I had become (Facebook) friends. I remember the in-person ve...

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Beloved Community,

The Telling

April 25th, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, I had the good fortune to attend my first Passover Seder meal this week, at Temple Emanuel as a welcomed guest of our friends, Seth Mos...

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Beloved Community,

The Growing Season

April 22nd, 2024

If the pollen count tells us anything, it’s that spring is springing! These April weeks are dazzling, aren’t they? The cherry blossoms and tulips lead the w...

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Beloved Community,

Calling Her a Midwife

April 22nd, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, Together with BWIM and our friends at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina and Baptist Women in Ministry of North Caroli...

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Beloved Community,

All Things New

April 6th, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, Several days have since passed, but the deep and abiding love I experienced alongside you this Holy Week and Easter will not soon abate....

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