“Poetry evokes what is good, beautiful and true. It imagines the unimaginable, describes the indefinable, and unveils what our senses cannot know or our intellect figure out. Poetry is theology leaping out of the file cabinet and into the heart. It is words that stir...
Read MoreBy Caroline McReynolds-Adams It is hard to believe that August is upon us. Summer is on its way out making room for new beginnings. School is starting back up, vacations are over, and most of us return to the more consistent, stable (albeit often busier) lifestyle...
Read MoreEach Sunday evening there is a Vespers & All That Jazz Service here at Scarritt Bennett Center. It is a contemplative worship service with jazz music the focus of the service. A valid question that many ask is: “Why do you have jazz music in...
Read More“Compassion is Hard Work” Text: Matthew 9:35-36 Compassion is an interesting and difficult word for Christians. It means “suffering with” or literally “to let one’s innards embrace the feeling or situation of another.” This is much more than love, mercy or pity. It is a word...
Read MoreBy Marc Lyon For the past few years I have served as a liturgist for the Vespers and All That Jazz service held on Sunday nights in Wightman Chapel. The service provides a sacred setting for jazz musicians and liturgists to offer music and share words...
Read MoreWe all want to tell our story. We all desire to be heard. We are each connected through the daunting process of seeking to understand one another and our world. So, we communicate. We talk, we listen. We argue, we ask questions. Sometimes, we have...
Read MoreRules dictate our lives. Do, don’t. Go, stop. Sit, stand. We live by the rules of our jobs, our families, our communities. Someone sets an expectation for us, and our days are filled with striving to meet it. The work of our lives is assessed...
Read MoreK. A. Brauchler is a poet who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He is a graduate of The State University of New York at Buffalo where he received both a Bachelor and Masters of Arts degree in English. While at the University he worked with Mac...
Read MoreThe prophet, Jeremiah was in a dark place. He was discouraged and mourning for his people for he feared God had rejected them due to disobedience and worship of idols. He cries out: “Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why...
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