Category: Easter
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Let Us Sing of Mary
Mary of Magdala is one of the most famous women in scripture. Still, we know little about her, and her identity has often been confused or obscured. Careful biblical study reveals that she has a history of illness, not sin. She was a leader within the Jesus movement and was present at the cross and…
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Morning Breaks
In October of 2022 I was a bundle of nerves as I prepared to attend a conference for aspiring hymn composers and text writers hosted by The Hymn Society of the United States and Canada. I was totally fascinated by the prospect of hymn writing and I had been spending more and more time experimenting,…
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Jesus, Faithful Ancient Tree
A few years ago I preached an Easter sermon on fungus: the amazing underground networks that connect trees so that a whole forest can operate as one organism. The hub of that forest organism is sometimes called a mother tree, an elder that shares memory and resources with others. Research on this phenomenon has been…
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Roll Away the Stone
How do we receive an Easter message of hope when we’re struggling? Here is a hymn for all those churches finding their ways into new expressions of ministry and all the folks weary from personal and political challenges. I wrote it with inspiration from the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ…
Hannah C Brown 