Tag: FFW

  • Loving and Leaving a Church, by Barbara Melosh, a book review

    Loving and Leaving a Church, by Barbara Melosh, a book review

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    Ruth Everhart
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    I’m so glad Barbara said Yes to this book! It’s a memoir of her first year in ordained ministry, which she came to after a career as an academic. She served a Lutheran church in a struggling blue-collar neighborhood in Baltimore. Barbara brings so many lenses to her experience

  • Pausing in the Swirl of Life

    Pausing in the Swirl of Life

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    Ruth Everhart

    Have you ever looked forward to an event, only to have your plans crumble? “Life intrudes” we say. Or “God laughs when we make plans.” Responding quickly to change can be difficult. At least it is for me. If you know people of Dutch descent, you will understand. We are not known for our flexibility! We…

  • Any Day a Beautiful Change, a book review

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    Ruth Everhart

    Any Day a Beautiful Change: A Story of Faith and Family is a book of personal essays describing the author’s experiences as wife, mother, and minister. The subjects are discrete, but since the essays overlap and build, it’s easy to read them like chapters in a novel. The reader certainly becomes well acquainted with the…