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Winter 2026-27: “Amos & Micah: Prophets of grief and amazement,” by the Rev. Heidi Haverkamp
Session one: Amos of Tekoa What can we learn from the prophets? Amos was a simple farmer speaking uncomfortable truths to his nation: to lament their sin and greed, but also to joyfully return to amazement at creation and to God's love. What is Amos saying to us...
Serve, learn, grow: Make a difference this March
MARCH HAS ARRIVED. That means it’s time to celebrate women! Women’s History Month provides an opportunity to pause and reflect on the contributions women have made to our nation over time. And Bold Women’s Day, observed on the first Sunday in March, commemorates...
Mary and Martha and the right to rest: Sources
Giles Constable. Three Studies in Medieval Religious and Social Thought: The Interpretation of Mary and Martha. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Bernadette Escaffre. “Martha,” in Gospels: Narrative and History, ed. Mercedes Navarro Puerto and Marinella...
What are Christians to think about poverty and policy?
by Laura Alexander When Jesus says, “The poor you will always have with you” (John 12:8), he is, among other things, quoting from Deuteronomy 15: “Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I [God] therefore command you, ‘Open your hand to the poor...
Behold, I am doing a new thing
It’s my fifth winter in Wichita, Kansas. Five years ago, before traveling 1,322 miles (about 20 hours by car and in a different time zone) away from my family and friends, I never saw myself standing in this space for my first call as a pastor. Back then, the world...
Seen. Heard. Welcomed.
Do you ever go to church hoping you have enough snacks and “stuff” to keep your child quiet and occupied throughout the worship service? Many of us are familiar with the stigmatizing saying that children “should be seen and not heard,” in places that often include...