Eight years ago, this was the inaugural post on Unorthodox & Unhinged. In April of 2015, it inspired the Story District production of Unhinged: True Tales of Living with Mental Illness — first performed at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Mary of Magdala had her own name. She was attached to a town but not attached to…
Who Do You Say That I Am? Lenten Series Post #3 Growing up a little Catholic kid, I collected holy cards: dreamy other worldly little pictures of Jesus and the saints. An ethereal and mysterious being, I recall Jesus appeared to be floating on a cloud, his feet barely gracing the ground. Holy Card Jesus…
Recently, I bought a new car! A shiny apple green Hyundai Venue. Compared to my little old blue sedan, driving the Venue, makes me feel something like an astronaut. My 2013 Accent had a radio with a USB port so I could listen to music. The Venue has something called Apple Carplay, along with the equivalent of an…
Introduction This fall’s Emmanuel Voices blog series, The Artist Within, explores the intersections between creativity & art, and our personal & public lives. This first entry, Painting Patriotism, is by watercolorist & parishioner Hayes Willingham. I was recently asked to share a piece of artwork and the story behind it for our church blog. The…
In many ways, my faith journey is a fairly common one. I grew up in a Christian household where we took turns saying the blessing before each meal, read the Bible together daily at breakfast, and attended church as a family at least once a week. Starting in college, I needed distance from the religion…
When I was a child “Cool Clear Water” was one of my father’s favorite songs. When my dad sang this song you knew he was in a good mood. At least for the time being, all was right with the world. After a long hard day’s work at the hospital, my dad would come home…
Life is easier in twos. Think of all of the things that come in twos: eyes ears hands arms elbows legs feet knees The easier to see and hear. Easier to run, skip, and play. Easier to write, draw, build, and create new things. All the easier to do lots of things! I bet you…
This Sunday is June 6th and Emmanuel is busting out all over!! Emerging like butterflies out of our cocoons, we are so happy! The red doors of our church are open again to all! Figuring out what I might say today, I found this wonderful new book: “A Church for All.” The beautiful rhyming story…
Summertime and the Livin’ is … George Gershwin I blame COVID-19 for the loss of Beverly Bettencourt. Oh, she didn’t die. Nothing like that. This isn’t that kind of story, not really. You see, before the pandemic, our little neighborhood – all four blocks of it – revolved around Beverly and her tiny kitchen. Year…
Read more The Pandemic Year of Beverly Bettencourt (A Short Story)
Emmanuel Voices 
You must be logged in to post a comment.