by Kathy Hurt | Nov 2, 2024 | Reflections |
One of the congregations I served as an interim minister included in their values statements the commitment to “honor uncertainty and ambiguity in the search for truth, meaning, and equity.” Given my usual response to uncertainty and ambiguity, namely to try and...
by Kathy Hurt | Oct 24, 2024 | Reflections |
As our culture became increasingly polarized, we began to hear how we gravitate towards sources of information that will confirm what we already believe, how we prefer like-minded people and like-minded news networks and like-minded online commentaries. The...
by Kathy Hurt | Oct 17, 2024 | Reflections |
Trappist monk Thomas Merton suggests that each one of us is a word, a particular word that is present in us at birth and stays with us all our lives. That echoes the comment made about clergy, namely that each minister has one sermon they preach over and over,...
by Kathy Hurt | Oct 9, 2024 | Reflections |
As I read news and watched video footage of the destruction hurricane Helene inflicted on western North Carolina, I frequently heard myself saying, “there, but for the grace of God, go I.” A natural human response, a way of expressing relief, and a reminder of...
by Kathy Hurt | Oct 4, 2024 | Reflections |
You may not remember. You may have intentionally forgotten. But this blessing remembers And it refuses to forget Not in order to torment or shame you But to keep your heart open Whenever you see another standing outside the door Hoping to be let in Or standing outside...
by Kathy Hurt | Oct 1, 2024 | Reflections |
After my former husband had accompanied me to Texas to meet my family of origin, he observed, “You’re a fine argument for the theory that the stork brings babies, because you must have been simply dropped into that family. You have nothing in common with them.” ...
