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Personal Reflection, Preaching Soph White Personal Reflection, Preaching Soph White

Changing the Worship Space to Create Accessibility: Sensory Issues in the Worship Setting, Part 2

Coming to accept and care for those who are disabled by how the world operates is part of this common calling to love our neighbor, because God made creation and God’s creation is good. If we are all made in the image of God, we have to care for those who might look like a God who is on the spectrum, a God with cerebral palsy, or a God with a speech impediment.

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Preaching, Personal Reflection Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail Preaching, Personal Reflection Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail

The Wanton Woman Preacher: John 4 on International Women’s Day When the Epstein Files are Here

I cannot hear about [the woman at the well] now without hearing echoes of the horrors etched across the millions of pages in the Epstein files. Girls, children, preyed upon because like this woman, they would be seen walking home from school alone. In need of companionship, of friendship, of being wanted.

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: February 15, 22, and Ash Wednesday

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness.

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary Rev. Emmy Kegler

Resources for Right Now

Resources for Right Now is a living resource crafted amid the January 2026 escalation of violent immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this collection, we hope to equip the church’s leaders with diverse ways to speak into this moment, in sermon prompts, short illustrative stories, songs new and old, and liturgy and prayers. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: January 25 and February 1

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Ministry Amidst Cataclysm: Epiphanytide Reflections

Each week we at Church Anew provide you with Lectionary Musings, a collection of previous posts related to the lectionary texts for the coming Sundays and feast days. This post is not that. This post is for my fellow ministers and church leaders staring down Sunday and wondering: How do I lead in a time like this?

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: Through Christmas and Into Epiphany

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: Advent and Christmas

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: December 14 and 21, as Christmas Approaches

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: December 7 and 14, as Advent Dawns

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: November 23 and 30, and Looking Toward Advent

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: November 16 and 23, and Looking Toward Advent

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Personal Reflection, Preaching Soph White Personal Reflection, Preaching Soph White

Sensory Issues in the Worship Setting, Part 1

In most worship settings, I have come to learn over time that my methods to cope with overstimulation is a social risk. What helps me (and many other people on the autism spectrum and/or with ADHD) stay focused and in-tune may come off to the congregation as disengaged, distracting, or even disrespectful. ... Often, I attempt to mask my discomfort by dissociating and building a world in my mind where I am safe and have space to be alone there.

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