by admin | Mar 5, 2020 | Pastor Emily's Blog
For years, she has anchored the corner of Fifth and Spruce. Quintessentially Southern, deeply rooted in our space and place, a flowering gift of substance and beauty for all caught in her broad reach. The story of our magnolia tree remains a bit of a mystery to those...
by admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Pastor Emily's Blog
Last night, I watched as you shuffled forward: hands grasped around your promises, heads bare and ready for an ashen smudge, bellies hungry for God’s grace abundant at the table, God’s beloveds gathered together. On the slips of paper you carried were three words of...
by admin | Feb 20, 2020 | Pastor Emily's Blog
Last Wednesday night, I had the distinct honor of sitting with our dear Lenwood Ammons for a final visit. Lenwood, you see, had received a clear word from his doctor that he was nearing the end of life. His almost-102 year-old body had reached its limits, and soon he...
by admin | Feb 13, 2020 | Pastor Emily's Blog
If you happened to have wandered into the Commons yesterday, here’s what you might have heard: The cover was white, kind of a papery, plastic-y material, with Precious Moments characters dressed up as biblical heroes. It was the one I used for sword drills: hardcover...
by admin | Feb 6, 2020 | Pastor Emily's Blog
I’ve got friendship on my mind this week. From the unexpected gift of a midday phone conversation with a soul friend, a few days at my annual ‘preacher camp’ with the dear friends and fellow pastor colleagues in ministry, an anticipated upcoming baby shower with...
by admin | Jan 30, 2020 | Pastor Emily's Blog
Over the past few weeks in worship, we’ve been talking together about calling — Jesus’ calling of the disciples and his own call as God’s presence in this world. These past few days, I joined with about 30 other Baptist women in ministry to inaugurate a season...
