All posts by Candace Chellew

Glasses resting on Bible

Imagine… A New Future

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings: Go, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth… (1 Kings 21:1-21) Your faith has saved you… (Luke 7:36-8:3) Country singer Brad Paisley was born in West Virginia and wrote his first song at age 12. By the time he was

Human eye

Imagine… Greater Things

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for Pentecost Sunday: Let us make a name for ourselves. (Genesis 11:1-9) The one who believes in me will… do greater works than these. (John 14:8-20) Our first song is a hymn, and compared with other songs in the hymnal,

Person wearing Love Your Neighbour cap

Imagine… An Open Heart

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter:  Come and stay at my home… (Acts 16:9-15) We will come to them and make our home with them. (John 14:23-29) In the late 1970s, New Jersey rock legend Bruce Springsteen met Joey Ramone,

Man worrying with furrowed brow

Be Here Now

In the movie “Evan Almighty,” God, in the form of Morgan Freeman, has only begun his mission to convince Evan, played by Steve Carell, that his mission in life is to build an ark for an upcoming flood. God is preparing Evan for his special

Glasses resting on Bible

Imagine… A New Conversation

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C., April 24, 2010 Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C., April 25, 2010 Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter:  I shall not want… (Psalm 23) I know them and they follow me. (John 10:22-30) Back in 1953, Leonard

Fountain pen

Imagine… A New Story

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for Resurrection Sunday: The wolf and the lamb shall feed together. (Isaiah 65:17-25) Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. (Luke 24:1-12) Jon Bon Jovi is a native of Sayerville,

Plants at Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle, United States

Imagine… The Possibilities

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C., March 27, 2010 Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C., March 28, 2010 Readings for Palm Sunday: The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. (Psalm 118:19-29) If these were silent, the stones would shout out.

Glasses resting on Bible

Asking Stupid Questions

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Fourth Sunday in Lent:  Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding… (Psalm 32) This son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found! (Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32) Back in

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The Good News of Original Blessing

If revamping Social Security is the deadly “third rail” of politics, asking for the focus of Christianity to move from the idea of “fall and redemption” to a more positive way of thinking about God and our faith, is apparently the theological “third rail.” The