by admin | Jan 23, 2020 | Pastor Emily's Blog
The assistance started immediately. Edith’s unexpected paralysis was a total life change for the Carters. They had to reimagine every moment of their days, every rhythm they’d grown accustomed to, every way they tended their relationships and spaces. How would they...
by admin | Jan 16, 2020 | Pastor Emily's Blog
I’ve spent the past couple of days in Durham, gathering with a most dynamic group of Christian leaders to imagine how the institutions we lead might flourish with God’s abundant life. Called A Convocation of Christian Leaders, this group of pastors, denominational...
by admin | Jan 9, 2020 | Pastor Emily's Blog
Somehow, as if by accident or chance, the area around the lamp on my office desk has turned into a space for artifacts to orient my day. Over the years, I’ve gathered these small tokens of encouragement to anchor my working space with reminders of who I am and who I...
by admin | Jan 2, 2020 | Pastor Emily's Blog
Greetings from the second day of the year, beloved community! I pray this note finds you and yours awash in the hope, peace, joy, and love that has come to us in Christ! Knowing that sometimes the holidays are filled with more stress or different people or unfamiliar...
by admin | Dec 19, 2019 | Pastor Emily's Blog
Last December, I shared with you about Liam’s rearranging of our family’s nativity scenes, moving the animals to a front row manger seat because to him, they wanted “to smell the baby.” Just a few days ago, I was cleaning up around our house when I noticed two of our...
by admin | Dec 12, 2019 | Pastor Emily's Blog
Each year of my life as a choral singer, my Christmas season has started in the fall. That’s when the Messiah scores, the lovely anthems, the carol arrangements all come out in rehearsal. Notes are hammered out, rhythms are clarified texts are explored, vowel...
