Category: Traveling Companions-Relationships with Others and self

Let Me Tell You a Story… The Path Through the Woods oey was eight years old and lived on a small farm in the rural South. The farm wasn’t much by the world’s standards, but it was the only world Joey had ever known. There were fields to hoe, cows to milk, chickens to feed,…

Fear Is Part of the Journey, But Not the Final Chapter

Jul 28, 2026

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Series: What Book Changed the Way You See the World? How many of you remember the Weekly Reader we received in school? It introduced us to new books and gave us the opportunity to order them. I looked forward to those little newspapers and the adventures they promised. Growing up just after World War II,…

Open Heart. Open Hands. Clear Boundaries.

Jul 25, 2026

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Today’s Curious Pilgrim topic is “We all stand on the shoulders of someone who believed in us.” The greatest lessons I have learned in life have not come from books or classrooms. They have come from experience. As I reflect on the people whose shoulders I stand on today, I have realized that one of…

Every Family Has Stories

Jul 24, 2026

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Family is usually defined as people related by birth or marriage. In a broader sense, though, we are all family, connected to one another in countless ways. As a pastor, I also discovered another kind of family—the church family. Over the years, I have belonged to several, and each one has left its mark on…

Every Family Has Stories Worth Remembering

Jul 22, 2026

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Family stories are more than names on a genealogy chart. They remind us that the choices our ancestors made continue to shape who we are today. One of those stories belongs to my ancestor, Peter Pearson. In 1701, Peter left Dean Parish in Cumbria, England, and crossed the Atlantic to begin a new life in…

What Book Changed the Way You See the World?

Jul 21, 2026

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People often assume my answer would be the Bible. And in many ways, they would be right. The Bible has shaped my faith more than any other book I have ever read. But there is another book that changed the way I understood the Church itself. During a summer course at Memphis Theological Seminary, I…

Every Family Has Stories Worth Remembering

Jul 16, 2026

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Pull up a rocking chair. Let me tell you a story. Every family has stories worth remembering. Some make us laugh. Others bring tears to our eyes. Family history is filled with the ups and downs of life, but I have learned that sometimes the downs become the very path that leads us to the…

Pull Up a Rocking Chair. Let Me Tell You a Story.

Jul 15, 2026

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What prompts people to pack up everything they own, leave the land of their birth, and journey to a country they have never seen? The human story is, in many ways, an immigration story. Nearly every family can trace its roots to someone who made the difficult decision to leave home in search of something…

What Book Changed the Way You See the World?

Jul 14, 2026

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