Presbyterians Today Blog Sue Washburn, Author at Presbyterians Today Blog

June 13, 2016

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

Posted 2:29pm

You can’t go through life A prayer poem to reflect on the mass shooting in Orlando by Magdalena I. García By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. Galatians 5:22–23 You can’t go through life sowing seeds of… Read more »

April 21, 2016

One Church, Many Voices

Posted 7:29am

We are living our love of Christ out loud. Our faith may be personal, but it’s not private. How we live it and wield it publicly matters.

Small Matters

Posted 5:00pm

Stories of mustard seeds and mountains How the gospel showed up in a hospital roomWhat 80 years of church will do to a person by Sue Washburn I probably should not have had that third shot of espresso. My mind was going a million miles an hour. I paced as I made phone calls to… Read more »

November 5, 2015

Small Matters

Posted 8:09am

Stories of mustard seeds and mountains Small town justiceA pastor and a heroin addict’s father walk into a police station . . . by Sue Washburn My husband and I walked into the district magistrate’s office. It was cold. The air conditioning was blasting, the folding metal chairs uncomfortable. A couple dozen magazines were… Read more »

October 1, 2015

Small Matters

Posted 8:56am

Stories of mustard seeds and mountains Why I love my little old churchIn a church that worships innovation, who celebrates the 30 people who’ve been showing up for years? by Sue Washburn Most of my life I’ve identified with the prodigal in Jesus’ parable about the lost sons (Luke 15:11–32). Early on, I bounded… Read more »

August 6, 2015

Small Matters

Posted 8:10am

Stories of mustard seeds and mountains Feels like homeThinking we’ve failed because our church is small by Sue Washburn The church smelled like home. As I walked through the door to be interviewed for a ministry job in a small town in Pennsylvania, I was transported back to my own childhood in church. The… Read more »

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