Thank you for filling your house, Lord!

Dear Ones,  What a glorious weekend it was! Saturday evening’s “Hello/Goodbye” party felt truly magical, and I realized that not only are we celebrating being together again after a four-month sabbatical, we are really still rejoicing (marveling?) over our...

Rev. Amy Sabbatical Update!

We’re having an incredible time and have weathered the heat wave just fine. We spent 10 days in the village of Bampton in Oxfordshire, traversed the country twice for a pilgrimage to Canterbury, walked 40 miles on the coast of Cornwall in 4 days, and are now in...

Where two or three are gathered

Dear Grace Church, On Sunday morning I shared my secret dream of a perfect retirement – of enjoying regular evenings out at the local pub engaged in lively and meaningful conversation “just this side of tipsy”. Well, I have no such place set aside in Des Moines as yet...