Every day my one-year-old daughter is surrounded by a variety of animals, including a dog, cat, bear, sheep, cheetah, elephant, platypus, tortoise, and a sloth, to name but a few of them. None of these animals are real, of course. They are a combination of teddies and toys whose species
Jessica Keating: Your new book, Dignity of Dependence, is, I take it, a book about the incongruity between the shape of the world and the shape of dependency, the world’s inhospitality to various forms of vulnerability and need, which is experienced in an acute way by women, but is certainly
Don’t miss our bulk sale on Christmas apparel going on now. CLICK HERE to explore the options. To make it easier for your whole family to match, we’re offering $ 2 off per item when you buy 5 or more. It’s only as I’ve gotten a little further into adulthood
Yesterday & Today: Church of God in Christ — By John Mark Richardson, Sr. — The Church of God in Christ (COGIC), a Holiness-Pentecostal denomination, has a deep spiritual heritage dating back to over 128 years. It has become one of the largest denominations in the United States and is
“For what shall we pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in prayer. This resource is prepared by a variety of leaders in the ELCA and includes prayer prompts, upcoming events and observances, and prayer suggestions from existing denominational worship materials. You
In Matthew 6, Jesus moves from internal transformation to external practice. In this episode of the Sermon Notes Podcast, Jay Strother and Brian Ball unpack how Jesus redefines righteousness—not as performance for others, but as a deeply rooted response to who God is. Together, they explore spiritual practices like giving,
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. Advent Sunday, the first Sunday of Advent, falls on November 30, 2025. The Advent Season is a short one, only four Sundays, and it is too often overshadowed by the season that follows—Christmas. Indeed, many churches begin to celebrate Christmas during Advent. This
When I first read Anna Karenina, the character of Dolly stayed with me, nagging me to go back to her, to pay more attention to her. When I reread the novel, I found in Dolly, the secondary character and unacknowledged heroine of Tolstoy’s novel,[1] a paradigmatic example of what it