St. James Episcopal Church - Black Mountain, NC

"The God we most deeply want IS the God we actually have."
- The Rev. Dr. Bruce Grob

"We are invited in this new year—
to let go of the old ways the world has told us that matter---
Gold Frankincense and Myrrh----Power, Prestige, Possessions
And instead become free to find a new road."
- The Rt. Rev. Porter Taylor

- The Rev. Judith Whelchel

"Is it possible that Gabriel first approached other women, who, given the risks, may have said “no” to God’s invitation?"
- The Rev. Dr. Bruce Grob

"The threshing fork wasn’t conjured to sort bad people from good people. It wasn’t wielded to threaten judgement, but as a promise of transformation."
- The Rev. Judith Whelchel

"Prophets are truth-tellers to a world longing and praying for glimpses of hope."
- The Rev. Dn. Kristi Neal

"We can stitch, we can shape, we can make the world—one full of hope and love and light."
- The Rev. Mary Catherine Cole

"This isn't a Gospel reading about destruction. This is a Gospel reading about hope." 
- The Rev. Dn. Kristi Neal

"There is an invitation here to a radical extravagance."
- The Rev. Dr. Bruce Grob

The Rev. Judith Whelchel