Where Heaven Meets Earth

The Rev. Santana-Grace is a former Associate Pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, and is current Co-Moderator of PC(USA)’s General Assembly. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.” This verse has become fundamental...

Making Connections

If you’re looking up places to stay for vacation on Airbnb or the like, there are certain descriptive words that are important to understand. For example: to the novice, an apartment described as “cozy” conjures up images of a warmly decorated living room with a...

Life Worth Livin’

“What kind of music do you like?” That is simultaneously one of the easiest and hardest questions for me to answer. It’s hard because my musical tastes span all kinds of genres. I like rock music and folk music, bluegrass and classical music, opera and rap, blues and...

Where Is Your Bar?

Matthew 25:31–46 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen There are two types of students There are those students who jump for joy when they hear the words “take home final” And there are those students who are not thrilled with joy...

True Treasuring

I don’t know about you, but when I hear the word “treasure,” I find it really hard not to go down a mental rabbit hole that is all about Treasure Island. I loved the classic coming-of-age adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson when I was a child and read it...

Belong

I know many people who have met their spouses or partners through online dating, but I think still have yet to meet anybody who enjoys online dating. They must exist, but everyone I’ve ever heard talk about it lands somewhere on the spectrum between “it’s just what...