Ministry With* Our Senses
This post, written by Amos House Community member Autumn Dennis, was originally posted on the Ministry With* the Poor blog. The original post can be accessed here:...
View ArticleWorship With* the Poor
This post, written by Amos House Community member Autumn Dennis, was originally posted on the Ministry With* the Poor blog. The original post can be accessed here:...
View ArticlePreventing Cold Weather Deaths this Winter
“Oh God, Let us not be rich while they are destitute, nor be in good health if we do not tend to their wounds, nor have enough food or covering, nor rest under a roof, if we do not offer bread to them,...
View ArticleA Time to Stay and a Time to Leave: An Open Letter to the UMC
This letter by Amos House Community member Autumn Dennis was originally posted on the Reconciling Ministries Network blog at...
View ArticleThe Work of Christmas
“When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the...
View ArticleOf paralytics and stretcher-bearers, of death and hope
posted by Lindsey Krinks Several mornings ago, I awoke to a faint dusting of snow. The air danced with specks of white fire, tiny fragments lit from the early light emerging from the dense veil of...
View ArticleArrests and Re-member-ing: Maundy Thursday
Posted by Autumn Dennis I have been to several Maundy Thursday services over the years, but tonight’s service struck a very different chord for me than in the past. For the past few nights, homeless...
View ArticleWade in the Water
posted by Lindsey Krinks Last week, after another long day, I got the frantic call. No, the floodwaters had not destroyed the camp and neither had the police. The camp residents were destroying one...
View ArticleThe Fires of Justice
(Posted by Andrew Krinks) A sermon delivered at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Lectionary Reading Matthew 22:1-14 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: ‘The...
View ArticleCitywide Stations of the Cross: #ReclaimHolyWeek
UPDATE: *Due to the likelihood of severe storms, we’ll lean more heavily on indoor locations and we’ll start in the main sanctuary of Downtown Presbyterian Church (154 5th Ave N., 37219) at 4:00...
View ArticleOrdination;
Amos House Easter 2015 by Autumn Dennis It was close to midnight on December 4, 2011. I was engaging in a direct action with several other activists and organizers to publicly and prophetically reclaim...
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