10/12/2022 - Called to be the Repairer of the Breach
By: Jessica McArdleby the Rev. Dr. Jessica McArdle, Member, Environmental Ministries Team “You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail… you will be ...
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01/24/2022 - Living Out the Gospel in Each and Every Election
By: Jessica McArdle - Conference programming Environment“It’s very much a part of our tradition, as Christians, to be engaged in the public square….When people say, ‘Let’s not get political in the church,’ [it helps to ...
11/18/2020 - A Thanksgiving Prayer for Those Who Are Weary
By: Jessica McArdle Deborah Ringen - Conference staffGrateful for this sheltered place With light in every window Saying, "Welcome, welcome, share this feast Come in away from sorrow" ~ from the Thanksgiving Song, by Mary ...
09/23/2020 - I Don’t Want to Talk About It…Depression in the Wake of Covid-19
By: Jessica McArdle“In the middle of the journey of our lives, I found myself upon a dark path” ~ Dante I don’t want to talk about it.[1] Having served some years in parish ministry, I ...
07/27/2020 - Carrying One’s Faith onto the Public Square: Voting and Faithfulness
By: Jessica McArdle - Environment“ Whoever is faithful in a very little, is also faithful in much...” Luke 16:10 When serving in the parish, I quickly learned that the chief task facing a Stewardship ...
04/13/2020 - The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day and the Challenges Before Us
By: Jessica McArdleA note from your SNEUCC Bridge Conference Ministers: This year marks the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. And for the first time since that date we have seen evidence of ...
10/16/2018 - Climate Change [Interferes] With What We…Care About *
By: Jessica McArdle - Environment* Quote from Professor Katherine Hayhoe, Climate Scientist and Evangelical Christian A blog by Rev. Dr. Jessica McArdle A few weeks ago, I attended a lecture ...
07/12/2018 - Keeping Watch – How Vigils Can Prepare Us for the Next Chapter
By: Jessica McArdle - Disaster Reliefby Rev. Dr. Jessica McArdle [The first Passover] was a vigil held by the Lord…to bring God’s people out of the land of Egypt.~ Exodus 11:42 Then Jesus said, ‘My soul is ...
01/18/2017 - Discipleship: Moving Beyond Good Intentions
By: Jessica McArdle“This is the most shameful thing America has ever done!” Hearing this, black comedians, Dave Chappell and Chris Rock, looked at each other and burst out laughing. ...