Mar 10, 2025
Scripture: Luke 8:1-3, John 20:1-18 My name has always been an issue. Growing up in Roxboro, NC, it was normal to say “And-rea,” like the word “and.” Then we moved to Sawmills, and even though I introduced myself as “And-rea,” they insisted on calling me...
Mar 7, 2025
Recently, Tom’s son sent me some photographs because we were looking for some “different” types of things to sell in our storefront at Merino’s Mill. Truthfully, I expected great photos, what I did not expect were sacred moments. There was...
Mar 6, 2025
Scripture: “They saw his glory and the two men standing with him.” — Luke 9:32 Have you ever done a double-take? That moment when something catches your eye and you have to look again because you can’t quite believe what you saw? The ancient Greeks,...
Mar 5, 2025
On this day of ashes, we bow our heads and receive the ancient mark—a smudged cross that speaks a truth our souls already know. “Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” These words call us back to ourselves, to the ground of our being, to the...
Feb 28, 2025
“Two are better than one… for if they fall, one will lift up the other.” —Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 Once Tom was describing one of his friends to me. “After the time of my wife’s death, he’s the one who kept showing up.” Have you noticed how people tend to...
Feb 27, 2025
While on the phone with a clergy friend who was in the middle of his grief journey, he asked me to hold on. “There’s a weird noise outside, let me check and see what’s going on.” “Andrea, they came and mowed my lawn. They didn’t ask (because I would have told them I...
