Ruth Everhart's Blog, page 26
May 12, 2015
Two Kinds of Ministers
I submit that there are two kinds of ministers: ministers who’ve been hurt by the church, and ministers who haven’t been hurt by the church, yet. I suppose you could apply this bifurcation to any group of persons. There are … Continue reading →
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May 5, 2015
Indiscriminate Tastes
Everyone likes to eat. What do you like to eat? On Sunday I’m preaching the Acts 10 text, about Peter’s vision, and so I’m pondering food choices. In the text, Peter, a law-abiding Jew, encounters a Roman named Cornelius and dreams … Continue reading →
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May 2, 2015
Pilgrims & Tourists: Food
Everyone likes to eat. But do pilgrims and tourists eat differently? I recently spent ten days in the UK; I began my travels in Ayr, as a guest. Then I traveled to Edinburgh where I talked about pilgrimage based on … Continue reading →
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April 29, 2015
Pilgrim Hospitality
I have just returned from a pilgrimage to the UK where I was on the receiving end of so much hospitality! I led a 3-day conference called The Pilgrim Way for 18 clergywomen in Edinburgh, Scotland. The woman who originally envisioned this … Continue reading →
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April 16, 2015
Do You Love a Graduating Seminarian?
If you’re looking for a special gift for a graduating seminarian, how about this one: a portable communion set handcrafted from beautiful wood. Imagine using a gorgeous item like this to bring the sacrament to the bedside of someone hospitalized, … Continue reading →
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April 8, 2015
Superhost! What if Guests Reviewed a Church Like an AirBnb
Hospitality is important to me. I grew up in a home where it was common to have guests for dinner, even though we were a family of seven without a formal dining room. Simply getting everyone around the table could … Continue reading →
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April 7, 2015
Hermitage Hildegard
During Holy Week my husband and I spent a few days with the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, staying in a hermitage at their monastery, and visiting their ministries in inner-city Erie. Our hermitage was named Hildegard. I took a picture … Continue reading →
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April 4, 2015
Lent Pilgrimage, Home
Easter Sunday I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ~Revelation 21:2 Scripture calls Jerusalem home, but it has always seemed far from my home. … Continue reading →
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April 3, 2015
Lent Pilgrimage, Golgotha
Holy Saturday May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. ~Galatians 6:14 We are in the Church of the Holy … Continue reading →
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April 2, 2015
Lent Pilgrimage, Good Friday
Good Friday If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? ~Psalm 130:3 Headed toward the last of the stations of the cross, we pilgrims pass beneath a high window where some schoolgirls cluster. We can see them, … Continue reading →
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