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Watson: Gathering the Stones

Why so few baptisms?

When I applied for the pastoral position at my current congregation, during one interview, I asked the search committee when they’d last celebrated a baptism.

Hillary Watson

December 3, 2018

Watson: Questions about marijuana

This November, four states will vote on legalizing marijuana: Utah and Missouri for medical use and North Dakota and Michigan for adult recreational use. If

Hillary Watson

October 22, 2018

Watson: Sunday school is dying

Sunday school is dying. And that’s OK. Technically, the whole church is dying in the Western world. Few expect the church to actually die, however.

Hillary Watson

September 10, 2018

Watson: Who do we want to be?

Even before President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, the media buzzed about what might happen to Roe v. Wade. Many legal experts

Hillary Watson

July 30, 2018

Watson: Discomfort empowers

Every so often I find myself humming a hymn I heard several years ago: I found God in myself, I found God in myself, and

Hillary Watson

June 18, 2018

Watson: Chance to look ahead

Glancing at my calendar, I realize it’s already been almost a year since the Mennonite Church USA convention and barely more than a year until

Hillary Watson

May 7, 2018

Watson: Who is ‘entitled’?

It has become politically trendy to separate the deserving poor from the supposedly undeserving. This is evident in calls for work requirements for Medicare; in

Hillary Watson

March 26, 2018

Watson: Preparing for ‘the talk’

Many Mennonite congregations provide sexuality education for their youth, at least on paper. Many churches include it in the four-year Sunday school curriculum, alongside baptism

Hillary Watson

February 12, 2018

Watson: A director, not a pastor

When a congregation goes through a pastoral transition, it has a lot of conversations. What do we want in a pastor? A good preacher? An

Hillary Watson

January 1, 2018

Watson: False god of guns

I always worried about the day a mass shooting happened in a church. As a seminary student, immersed full-time in applying Jesus’ teachings to the

Hillary Watson

November 20, 2017

Watson: Drive it yourself

It’s time to talk about self-driving cars. Many technological innovations — Amazon Echo, an iPhone without headphone port, the social media app Sarahah — catch

Hillary Watson

October 9, 2017

Watson: Don’t sell the parsonage

When I accepted my current position, I considered the parsonage a drawback and only a temporary housing option. After four years watching my work and

Hillary Watson

July 17, 2017
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