by Carol Burns | May 8, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. J.C. Austin A man elbows the one standing next to him in the Temple; when he looks over in surprise, the first one nods his head to show him where to look. A group of worshippers there for the festival are talking and fall silent,...
by Carol Burns | May 1, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. J.C. Austin The fear of ghosts and spirits seems to be almost universal in the world, cutting across every culture and society, cropping up even in places where the dominant religion rejects the idea of them. In both ancient and...
by Carol Burns | Apr 24, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton I don’t know about you, but when I’m feeling overwhelmed or stressed or anxious or in a blue funk…one of the first tools in my emotional self-regulation toolbox is to take a walk. Usually, the movement and motion get...
by Carol Burns | Apr 17, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin Easter takes awhile to get to where it’s going. We generally forget that; we forget that Easter begins while things are still dark, with Mary in the garden near the tomb, weeping, because she has lost Jesus. Twice, actually; she...
by Carol Burns | Apr 10, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin Before coming to Bethlehem, I spent over eight years working on Christian leadership development at a seminary, which including teaching a workshop on the importance of storytelling for pastors and other leaders. Not in the sense of just...
by Carol Burns | Apr 3, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin Did you know that tomatoes are actually a fruit, not a vegetable? I thought you would: not because you’ve spent a lot of time researching the debate over how to classify fruits vs. vegetables, but because most people grew up with...
