I’ve got daily Advent resources galore on my nightstand, including Living Faith’s Advent edition and The Little Blue Book. But in the leadup to the season, I’ve been reading Go Forth with Hearts on Fire, a 64-page pastoral letter from our bishop, Paul S. Loverde. Go Forth includes questions for discussion and thought, and gems… Continue reading On the Nightstand: December
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Being Christ in Our Lives: Meredith Gould
They don’t come much funnier, more opinionated, or more ecumenical than my friend Meredith Gould. You may know Meredith for her expertise in church communications, as witnessed by her books The Social Media Gospel: Sharing the Good News in New Ways and The Word Made Fresh: Communicating Church and Faith Today. Meredith was raised Jewish, spent… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Meredith Gould
On the Nightstand: November
Earlier this year, a work colleague gave me a signed copy of Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter, a how-to book of sorts co-authored by the Rev. Michael White, pastor of my friend’s suburban Baltimore parish. I’m finally getting to the book now as my church’s Pastoral Council is reading it… Continue reading On the Nightstand: November
Being Christ in Our Lives: Anna LaNave
Anna LaNave was wearing a green-and-white-striped shirt and a radiant smile when I met her in 2005. She was in charge of a ministry called Landings at the parish I’d tiptoed into as someone away from the Church for decades. Anna and Landings gave me a safe place to ask questions about God… and to come back… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Anna LaNave