For the past several Sundays, the church my family attends has been gearing up for a time of visioning: where are we being called in the months and years ahead?
Formations 04.11.2021: Who We’re Looking For
April 4, 2021 by
It used to bother me that, so many times in the Gospels’ Easter stories, Jesus’ followers don’t recognize him after the resurrection. To be honest, I suppose that still bothers me.
Connections 02.21.2021: Looking at Rainbows
February 14, 2021 by
Ever since I took my first Old Testament course in college—and that was a long time ago—I’ve heard that the rainbow in the Noah story represents God’s unstrung war bow.
A View from the Pew: Looking at Your Phone During Church
October 20, 2020 by
A question that has surfaced in my mind during these strange times is “When is it okay to look at your phone during church?”
Connections 08.25.2019: From Looking Down to Looking Out
August 18, 2019 by
Because of a back problem, the woman had been bent over for eighteen years. She had spent almost two decades looking at the ground and at people’s feet.
Connections 04.07.2019: Looking for Jesus
March 31, 2019 by
Jesus’ last days are filled with longing, heavy with sadness, and intense with foreboding. He reveals over and over again that he knows what awaits him in Jerusalem.
Formations 07.23.2017: Looking at the Valley
July 16, 2017 by
In November 2015, at the Old Salem Cemetery near Uvalda, Georgia, Emory students uncovered a grave that had been lost for nearly 67 years. These students were in Montgomery County as part of Emory University’s Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project. This project seeks to use journalistic and historical methods to investigate and understand either unpunished or unsolved murders that were racially motivated.