by Junia Joplin | Mar 1, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I have some good news for you. Staying up late might not be so bad. So, what’s been keeping you up at night lately? What’s happening in your brain on those nights when you just can’t seem to shut it all down and get some sleep? Could it be the cost-of-living crisis...
by Junia Joplin | Dec 21, 2022 | Opinion
“What is your favorite thing to preach about?” a colleague asked me, catching me off guard. A moment earlier, I had been venting my frustrations about vocational ministry. The question came as a way of saying, “Ok, but why don’t we take some time to think about what...
by Junia Joplin | Jun 14, 2022 | Opinion
Parker Palmer once said that “to be fully alive is to act.” “I understand action to be any way that we can co-create reality with other beings and the Spirit,” he continued. “Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit, an outward...
by Junia Joplin | Mar 17, 2021 | Opinion
Growing up fundamentalist Baptist, I was socialized to view Roman Catholic Christians with plenty of skepticism. Any tradition or practice that might be considered Catholic carried a sort of taboo. Expressing fondness for Mary? Celebrating Communion more than, say,...
by Junia Joplin | Dec 7, 2020 | Opinion
Do you enjoy a good debate? Can you engage in a long, impassioned discussion about which version of the Star Trek franchise is the best? Do you appreciate a nice back-and-forth about whether or not a hot dog is a sandwich? Do you have strong opinions about whether...