Lena Withrow

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Collecting Our Tears

March 28th, 2024

In author Sarah Bessey’s new book, Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith, she speaks of the wilderness of lament. Far too often, she...

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Beloved Community,

The Thin, Tactile Spaces of Holy Week

March 22nd, 2024

Each year during Holy Week, we get quite tactile around the church. ...

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Beloved Community,

Bold Witness and Stories of Resurrection

March 16th, 2024

Yesterday morning, I gathered with over 150 folks for an optional workshop at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina’s Annual Gathering. Called ...

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Beloved Community,

Being Baptist

March 11th, 2024

March is a month full for us of opportunities to share fellowship, resources, vision, and encouragement with our wider Baptist communities. I want to be sure yo...

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Beloved Community,

The Place Our Beloved Community is Housed

March 1st, 2024

As I was preparing my sermon on Mark 8 this past Sunday, considering Jesus’ call of discipleship – the call to take up our cross, to count the costs of fait...

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Beloved Community,

Bearing the Beams of Love

February 27th, 2024

I’ve gotten into the habit of wearing a rough-hewn wooden cross every day during Lent.  The cross necklace was a gift from my former church, Highland Baptis...

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