I’m writing this when it’s still in the thick of the Advent season, with Christmas right around the corner. We’re probably all still wrapping presents, playing Christmas Carols and completing our decorating. And we’re looking with anticipation to the joyous times of celebration with our family and friends…even if those celebrations have to be virtual […]

“Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:18-19, NRSV At a recent Zoom gathering of Iowa United Methodist pastors, Bishop Laurie Haller acknowledged […]