Posts by Laurie Anderson
October 14, 2026
Often when I am shopping, especially groceries, the packaging of an item catches my eye. Next my usual step is to read about the item, what ingredients are in it, how is it used, where it is from (origin); that kind of stuff. I even do this when I am shopping online (which is…
Read MoreSeptember 30, 2026
I ended my sermon on Sunday with a piece written by our General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Rev. Terri Hord Owens. It is worth a repeat…. In the spring of 2020, the beginning of the pandemic. A time when George Floyd, a black man, was killed by a police…
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2026
This week I will attend the 54th Walnut Valley Festival. I still clearly remember my mom and her best friend loading up our car with their kids, complete with picnic/sack lunches and we drove from Wichita to the festival for the day. I remember I brought my best friend along for the fun too, a couple of…
Read MoreSeptember 9, 2026
I officiated a wedding this last weekend. In many ceremonies we have the familiar “I do.” It is universally accepted. Yet, I find it interesting that we say, “I do” when the reality is “we do.” A person enters this covenant partnership as an individual and exits as a couple. It is the movement from…
Read MoreAugust 26, 2026
In this month’s Sojourners magazine, writer, public theologian; Damon Garcia- gives us another perspective on the theology of “gifts”: “I no longer believe God gives us individual gifts of specific skills that we’re supposed to discover and use. Now I believe God gives all of us one big gift that we all share together. And that…
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