
A Racial Reality Check
Susan Hines-Brigger
June 30, 2023
FULL DISCLOSURE: I am a middle-aged, White woman who lives in a predominantly White area. I am privileged in ways that I probably don’t even comprehend. As a mom, I have never had to have “the talk” with my son ...
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What Sparks Joy in You?
Susan Hines-Brigger
March 26, 2019
I am mildly obsessed with all things organizational—planners, office supplies, boxes, baskets, bins. If it can make my life more efficient or cleaner, I'm all in. The disconnect, however, comes in the execution and use of those products.
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Faith and Family for February 20: Love your Enemies
Susan Hines-Brigger
February 20, 2019
READ LK 6:27-38 Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes ...
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Faith and Family for February 13: The Beatitudes
Susan Hines-Brigger
February 13, 2019
READ LK 6:17, 20-26 Jesus came down with the twelve and stood on a stretch of level ground with a great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal ...
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Faith and Family for February 6: Go Cast Your Nets
Susan Hines-Brigger
February 6, 2019
READ LK 5:1-11 While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were ...
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Faith and Family: A Less Than Warm Welcome
Susan Hines-Brigger
January 30, 2019
READ LK 4:21-30 Jesus began speaking in the synagogue, saying: "Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing." And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, ...
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Faith and Family: Telling the Story
Susan Hines-Brigger
January 23, 2019
READ LK 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to ...
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