EP Reflections
Leadership and Staff Update
Since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 Corinthians 4:1 We have gone through two years of radical change due to COVID, and as you probably have heard from the news, we are now experiencing quite a bit of change in...
Grace upon Grace
And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. Genesis 45:5 As late as a few weeks ago, I wondered whether there will be a time when I just feel good and hopeful. I would think about...
Quiet Revolution
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty,but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11 Last week was WinterFest, and the first Presbytery meeting of the...
The Good Life
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow meall the days of my life,and I shall dwell in the house of the Lordmy whole life long. Psalm 23:6 A few months ago, we received a letter addressed to Foster Shannon at the Presbytery office. I was intrigued, because the...
Healthy New Year
If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. Romans 14:8 As we are moving into the new year, I am painfully aware...
Jailed
I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. For you say, “I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.” You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. Revelation 3:15, 17 Today we remember...
Honoring Life
But now thus says the LORD, the One who created you, O Jacob, the One who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. Isaiah 43:1 During the holiday season, it seems that the cycle of life in God’s household has...
Beginning
Christ is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell . . . Colossians 1:18b-19 Happy New Year!! We begin 2022 knowing that this will be a year...
New Life
And Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2:19 As we near Christmas, it may be hard to believe in the promise that the Christ child brings. Amidst the heart-numbing persistence of that shape-shifting COVID virus, when political hostility...
Executive Presbyter
Wendy has a creative, spiritual and prophetic way of seeing the world that offers deep insights for practical living. She believes the Church is renewed from the edges, not the center, when those who’ve been marginalized are embraced.