By Grace G. Hackney

• Dancing Lessons by Grace G. Hackney (7/8/2015)
  ...ly reunion will take place, new friends will be made, and those unable to be physically present will be there through the power of the Spirit and the airwaves of technology. We pray that into the center of Chicago this week there will be an ascent of sorts to a holy mountain, ruled over by a King who is “strong and mighty”, the Lord who has proven to be “mighty in battle,” having defeated the ...
• Creatures Who Eat by Grace G. Hackney (4/15/2015)
  ...reated us as creatures who eat.<!--more--> I have been spending a lot of time thinking about how Christians eat. After twelve years in local rural churches (and more potlucks and Harvest Festivals than I can possibly count), last year I was appointed to what the United Methodist Church calls “extension ministry”, a way of saying that the ministry to which I am appointed extends beyond the loca...
• Turning the Soil by Grace G. Hackney (2/24/2015)
  ...of Lent is no less messy yet necessary than the work of a farmer in early spring, muck boots stuck in the mire of a melted grey snow, calloused hands reaching low to pull aside the mulch that blanketed the garden beds, spades and shovels and yes, even hands, turning the soil, loosening it after a winter freeze, not unlike the turning of Lent, the turning, turning, re-turning to the God we had cove...