Just My Thoughts – Mind Matters by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Mar 24, 2021 | COVID, Mental Health, NewsSometime last April, one of those Facebook memes floated by my distracted attention span, but really spoke to me. It read: Welcome to 2020. If you do not yet have an...
Scott’s Column: Happy St. Patrick’s Day by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Mar 16, 2021 | NewsWhile you are preparing your corned beef and cabbage or whatever you do at home this year to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, my thoughts are drawn to the great Breastplate...
Just My Thoughts – I’m Fine by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Feb 24, 2021 | COVIDOnce I worked in a big fancy office, with lots of mahogany furniture, and a corporate dress code. And every morning, everyone pranced around filling their coffee cups...
Scott’s Column: Our Best Selves by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Feb 9, 2021 | NewsThis Epiphany season our worship has focused on the Fruits of the Spirit. This theme has allowed us to focus attention on practical steps we can take to live well and...
Katie’s Musings – The Vaccine Diaries by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Feb 3, 2021 | katie's musingsLast week, Scott, Jim, and I were fortunate enough to receive the vaccine. For weeks, there’d been some confusion as to whether or not clergy were included in the...
Gratitude: Guest Columnist Jamie Rudd by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Jan 5, 2021 | COVID“Adopting an Attitude of Gratitude” was the culture topic at Nebraska Medicine for the month of December. How timely. On December 23rd, as I sat briefly in a chair in a...
Scott’s Column: The Consolations of Poetry by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Dec 31, 2020 | NewsI encountered my slogan for the year 2020 in the Selected Poems and Prose of Paul Celan: This cracked year with its rotting crust of madnessbread. Back in March,...
Advent – Guest Columnist, Fred Nielsen by Kerrie Kleppin-Winn | Dec 9, 2020 | AdventThis the first real Advent of my life. There were other Advent seasons, of course, all of them arriving precisely on schedule according to the liturgical calendar, all...
Scott’s Column: Gratitude by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Nov 18, 2020 | NewsMy sister ordered Sebastian an Advent calendar. He knows it has arrived but hasn't seen it yet. The other day he asked what day he could open it up and begin opening...
Scott’s Column: Mayflower Compact by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Nov 11, 2020 | NewsOn November 11, 1620 the Mayflower floated in Provincetown Harbor (the landing at Plymouth was a month away). The crew was grumbling. The voyage had been delayed,...