Kara Eidson has pastored in rural, suburban, and urban settings. She is the author of Stay Awhile and A Time to Grow. She holds a degree in psychology from Missouri State University and an MDiv from Duke Divinity School. After ordination in 2010, Eidson served four years as the United Methodist campus minister at the University of Kansas. She currently pastors two United Methodist congregations in eastern Kansas. Eidson and her husband love spending time tending to their garden with their small flock of chickens and two goats.
From Eden to Gethsemane to the garden in which Jesus was buried and raised, our story of faith wanders through much fertile soil. But in our current world of fast food and to-go meals, we often do not make time to explore where our food comes from a...
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Jesus may have been born to an obscure young couple in a backwater town, but his family tree told a greater story. Jesus was born into the rich legacy and sacred history of the Jewish people, with lineage said to go back to King David and rooted in ...
While the world tries to rush us into Christmas, decorating the day after Halloween and packing it all up once the gifts are opened on December 25, Advent is a season of preparation that—like our holiday gatherings themselves—takes time and care. Th...