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Jubilee Starting Over: R.I.P Medical Debt in South Alabama Presbytery

by Rev. Eugenia Anne Gamble It was an ordinary weekday morning in the beautiful coastal Alabama town of Fairhope when The Rev. Matt McCollum, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church, welcomed parishioner Gaye Lindsey into his office. In her hand she clutched a carefully cut out newspaper article. This was not an unusual circumstance. Like a …

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Making Room for Alleluias: A New Kind of Lenten Fast 2024

By Rev. Eugenia A. Gamble Throughout the centuries of the church’s common life it has been a common practice during the forty days plus Sundays leading up to Easter Day for the faithful to ‘give up something’ as a sign of devotion. Often those commitments fade fast, and even if we do remain steadfast, the …

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