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...
by Carol Burns | Mar 27, 2022
Listen By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton The first time I preached this Gospel text was as an assignment for my preaching class. Twice during the course, we drew slips of paper out of a bright red plastic fire fighter’s hat…you know, the kind for children to...
by Carol Burns | Mar 20, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin When I started traveling in the developing world, the thing I found most challenging was not the time change, or the safety precautions about food and water, or the language barrier; it was the haggling. By haggling I mean...
