Category Archives: Faith

Before You File That Lawsuit

by Christina Fox, in category Faith
TARA BARTHEL|CONTRIBUTOR Having just returned from serving at a women’s retreat in Canada, I am, once again, grateful for the gift of air travel. If it weren’t for commercial jets flying 500+ mph, I never could have spent the last twenty years flying out on a Thursday, teaching biblical peacemaking all weekend, and then flying… Read More

Do This in Remembrance

by Christina Fox, in category Faith
KATIE POLSKI|CONTRIBUTOR In order to take communion, our kids must first become members of the church. My youngest went through the kid’s membership class last year, and when it was over, I asked her if she would like to become a member. “No.” Her answer rolled off her tongue so quickly that it took me… Read More

The Cry of Dereliction

by Christina Fox, in category Faith
SUE HARRIS|GUEST “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus cried these painful and perplexing words from the cross. Although an antiquated term, dereliction means: the state of having been abandoned. It has been used by theologians for centuries to describe this cry from our Savior. When I first heard “cry of dereliction”… Read More

New Creations

by Christina Fox, in category Faith
NAN DOUD|GUEST Last summer, my sons and I got to watch a chubby green caterpillar go through metamorphosis. For weeks it hung motionless in its chrysalis attached to a twig. As time passed and the chrysalis appeared more desiccated every day, we felt sure the process had somehow been arrested and the poor thing had… Read More

Eat This Bread

by Christina Fox, in category Faith
NAN DOUD|GUEST Isn’t it interesting how nostalgias are passed down through generations? Growing up, mom would occasionally buy this bizarre tubular food, Boston Brown Bread. She bought it because it reminded her of her childhood. Olfactory memories are certainly some of the most powerful ones. We only had it a handful of times when I… Read More

Don’t Do, Just Be

by Christina Fox, in category Faith
KATIE POLSKI|CONTRIBUTOR My youngest has many words, and my husband and I are the primary receiver of these words throughout the day.  Every-little-once-in-a-while, the amount of words brings us close to lunacy.  Here is a text I received from my husband a few weeks ago regarding my youngest and her verbal processing: So many words. … Read More

Growing in Faith

by Christina Fox, in category Faith

SUE HARRIS|GUEST Years ago, I was in Kenya serving with an HIV/AIDS care ministry. The sick would come to the church and people in the church would feed them. Sometimes in this village, people who had contracted AIDS were cast aside since everyone knew that they were dying. Sadly, feeding the sick was considered a… Read More

Cruising Through the Christian Life

by Christina Fox, in category Faith

STEPHANIE HUBACH|CONTRIBUTOR Should you ever get invited on a grand vacation trip with my husband Fred and me, you may want to seriously reconsider the offer. That is, unless you like wearing the same set of clothes for days on end! Let’s just say that we’ve had several particularly challenging “lost luggage experiences.” It’s been… Read More

The Mighty Rescuer

by Christina Fox, in category Faith

SUE HARRIS|GUEST Not too long ago, I was at the beach and watched a young lifeguard pull a man out of the raging ocean. He saved his life. There’s no other way to say it. The drowning man didn’t look needy at first; he just looked like he was having a hard time getting back… Read More