by Merianna Harrelson | Jan 25, 2023 | Opinion
I can remember the joy of being offered a full-time, second-grade teaching position right out of college in 2007. Teaching was a stable job and a purposeful profession, offering retirement and health insurance. After four years of being in and out of classrooms...
by Merianna Harrelson | Dec 14, 2022 | Opinion
The story of the embodied Christ in the Gospel of Matthew begins with controversy. Mary is found to be with child before she is married, something that in the first century world would have been not only scandalous, but life-ending for Mary. Joseph, rather than taking...
by Merianna Harrelson | Mar 3, 2022 | Opinion
I heard a horn honk from behind. I turned the car on and moved up the six feet. We were inching closer to getting swabbed again. This site was giving rapid tests and by the time you finished the winding journey down the street, in front of the urgent care and to the...
by Merianna Harrelson | Feb 25, 2021 | Opinion
Everything in our capitalistic, consumer-driven culture is telling us to do more and be more. According to Yahoo Finance, nearly half of Americans have a side hustle. People aren’t taking these side hustles in order to get ahead. Rather, they are essential just to...
by Merianna Harrelson | Nov 24, 2020 | Opinion
I was ordained seven years ago in the season of Advent. I can remember with great enthusiasm and expectation entering through the double doors seeing the community of faith who first called me pastor gathered to participate and bless the call on my life. That kind of...
