May 15, 2008 Spirit matters Open your mouth
Contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe writes about the reciprocal blessings that arise in small-town ministry.
December 01, 2007 Spirit matters Parables for fundraisers
The view from Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, by contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe.
August 18, 2007 Spirit matters O Thou who changest not, abide with me
The view from Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, by contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe.
Contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe lauds the gentle, gracious leaders who have the humility to offer what they have (like prayer) and ask for what they don't have (like money).
Contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe celebrates hymns that are make us think -- sometimes right through our laughter.
June 17, 2006 Spirit matters: St. John's Home for Wayward Clergy
Contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe offers everyone a welcome to her congregation -- which sometimes resembles the Island of Misfit Toys.
March 04, 2006 Spirit matters: Poverty, cynicism, and American cigarettes
Contributing editor Melinda
R. Heppe has found that
seminarians are a
maddeningly delightful
bundle of contradictions --
people who are willing to
sacrifice everything except,
sometimes, the little comforts.
