Dreamers with Big Dreams, by Lia Scholl

My friend Star called me about a while back about 6:30 in the evening. Star is a former dancer. The club she worked in was what I would refer to as a more hard-core club. It was rough. “How are you?” I asked. “I’m okay,” she said. “Today I ran into the owner from the club where I used to work. He asked me to come back to work.” “What did you say?” I asked. Continue reading

Good Shepherd, Good Gate . . . Good Gosh, O mighty

by Mary Jane Cole

 

Are any of you from places where there are sheep, sheepherders or shepherds? We didn’t have many of these in eastern Arkansas where I grew up.  It was mostly cotton, rice and soybean farming.  I might be able to tell you a little bit about riding on tractors and combines, but not much about sheepherding.  Continue reading

Steve Sullivan Sermon

This morning’s lectionary passage comes on the first Sunday after Easter.  It is the famous passage about “Doubting Thomas”.  I’m sure hundreds of sermons will be launched this morning about Thomas.  How he lacked faith, he wasn’t where he was supposed to be, didn’t believe the other disciples, and was kind of a smart-arse about it.  I’ve always kind of thought Thomas got a bad rap.   I mean, how faithful were the other disciples?  They were all holed up in a locked room afraid the Jewish boogieman was going to get them.  Continue reading