by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 21, 2021 | happy endings, mercy, The Bible
Last year, my husband suggested we give up paper napkins in favor of the kind we wash. And dry. And fold. Often. It’s a small step. I hope the energy we are using to launder those napkins will be offset by the energy used to manufacture and dispose of the paper...
by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 31, 2021 | happy endings, mercy, The Bible
From our side of history, the Easter story is so clear. But, If I’d been there, I probably would have doubted, too. (The following conversations are my paraphrase of scriptures quoted in the book of Mark.) “When we get to Jerusalem,” Jesus told his...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 17, 2019 | happy endings, The Bible
Can you imagine the first Passover? The Death Angel flying through the land, taking every firstborn male from the cattle in the pen to the son of Pharaoh in the palace. Mothers crying. Fathers cursing. And, the eldest son of every Hebrew family quivering in a corner...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 9, 2019 | happy endings, The Bible
Yes, I know. People give up things for Lent. We get things at Christmas. (Although, ’tis better to give, as they say.) I don’t attend a liturgical church (such as the one led by our dear Father Mike.) Our congregation doesn’t observe a formal Lenten...
by Kathy Nickerson | May 16, 2016 | mercy, The Bible
Aunt Frankie says if you visit with people long enough, every conversation ends up in the bathroom. She must be right, because our entire nation ended up there this weekend. Who uses which bathroom, and who has the right to make that decision are suddenly complex...
by Kathy Nickerson | May 2, 2016 | happy endings, mercy, The Bible
I came of age in my faith at a time when the popular kids were into something we called Name-it-and-Claim-it! Or Blab-it-and-Grab-it. The theology went like this: If you want a cadillac and big house, you just start declaring, out loud, that God should give you those...
