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Everyone is Awesome!

Rarely does Jesus see things the same way we do. Jesus sees the hope and potential when we pull together. When we stand for what we know is right and true, when we follow Him and don’t give up just because life seems too hard.

Hands-On Easter: A Unique Retelling

The wonderful thing about the fingers and thumbs Easter story is that it is unique to each of us. Each retelling involves our own hands, our own fingerprints, our own calluses and scars. When we tell the Easter story using our own hands we own it for ourselves, and invite Jesus into our story as…

Why Palm Sunday Matters: Choices in Faith

The donkey is important, not just because of the fulfilling of the prophecy, but because of what is left out of the narrative, because it was such an ordinary thing to happen. We rely on historians outside of the gospels to inform us that Jesus’ triumphal entry wasn’t the only one that took place during…

Navigating Sorrow During Lent: Jesus Weeps with Us

Jesus though, knows that grief cannot be avoided. Lazarus is ill, but death will heal him. It is how we try to understand suffering when neither medicine or miracles work. Healing will come in eternity. Jesus allows Lazarus to die, even though he knows it will break his friends’ hearts, even though it breaks his…

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Self-portrait of a woman wearing glasses and a clerical collar, standing in front of a stone church with a grassy path leading to the entrance.

Hello, I’m Vanessa, Priest without Portfolio, and soon to be Rector of the Upper Culm Valley Mission Community. I’m a Spiritual Director and Retreat Leader. I love being creative (do check out my shop) and spending time with family (including my two cats and dog). I’m an LGBTQIA+ ally and Neuro-diverse Friend.

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