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Susan Cartmell
- May 7
- 3 min
See you next week at the
Summer's Coming....Yeah! Heading into summer, most pastors are weary. We’ve run the gauntlet, by May. Most of us have run several...
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Susan Cartmell
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Do you remember where you were 4 years ago?
Do you remember where you were four years ago today? March 13, 2024 - is exactly four years since the COVID 19 pandemic changed life as...
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Susan Cartmell
- Mar 3
- 1 min
July 7, 2024: Guest Preaching at the Craigville Colloquy
We will be leading worship and preaching at the Tabernacle on Cape Cod, at the Craigville Theological Colloquy on July 7, 2024.
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Susan Cartmell
- Mar 3
- 1 min
May 13-16, 2024: Festival of Homiletics
Looking forward to the Festival of Homiletics in Pittsburgh in May 2024. We will be at a table in the marketplace with our new book.
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Susan Cartmell
- Feb 28
- 1 min
April 14, 2024: Guest Preaching in Longmeadow
We will be preaching in Sunday worship at First Church of Christ in Longmeadow at the 10 a.m. worship service, followed by a book discussion
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Susan Cartmell
- Feb 27
- 2 min
April 4, 2024: Book Talk - Stories That Live On
Join us April 4, 2024 at the Boston Public library (Jamaica Plain branch) for a book discussion regarding Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brook
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Susan Cartmell
- Feb 24
- 2 min
People Wonder Why and then St. Patrick's Demonstrates Why
Lots of people wonder why folks are leaving the church. Why aren't churches full? Why don't younger families come? Why do people say the...
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Susan Cartmell
- Feb 13
- 2 min
When did we see you hungry?
The church is small but a livelier sanctuary would be hard to find in any town as people crowd into the pews. This church punches way...
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Susan Cartmell
- Jan 22
- 2 min
Finding the Gifts in the Wilderness
When we interviewed Rev. Dr. Candi Ashenden for our book The Perpetual Pivot: Ministry in the Pandemic and Beyond her creative approach...
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Susan Cartmell
- Dec 21, 2023
- 3 min
Chess - the Christmas Version
“A little child shall lead them.” Yesterday I had my three-year-old granddaughter for the day. It was a day of startling candor and...
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Susan Cartmell
- Jun 5, 2023
- 2 min
Learning As We Go
Just a year ago this week I came to Appleton for the first time to interview for the position of Interim Senior Pastor. I interviewed...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 13, 2023
- 2 min
What Would A Fourth Great Awakening Look Like?
Last year Peggy and I interviewed fifty pastors about how the pandemic challenged them and changed their churches. Some of the answers...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 13, 2023
- 2 min
What Really Happened?
Easter: One Theory About What Really Happened? Based on my understanding of the culled wisdom of John Dominic Crossen, New Testament...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 13, 2023
- 2 min
How We Pray
The hardest part of the Lord’s Prayer is the first word. Jesus bowed his head and said “Abba”. We translate this “Our Father”. But a...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 13, 2023
- 3 min
Why This Matters.
Wisconsin’s Historic Election – April 2023 I am the Senior Minister at the First Congregational Church here in Appleton. I’ve been a...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 13, 2023
- 2 min
Holy Spirit ?
What is that Bird Doing on a Stick? Maybe when you were singing the first hymn you noticed something over your head sailing through the...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 13, 2023
- 2 min
Churches are Changing But Spiritual Hunger Isn't Going Away
The elephant in the room in churches these days is the PANDEMIC. This one experience changed American churches more profoundly in our...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 13, 2023
- 1 min
Everyday Miracles
Everyday Miracles In Boston there is a convent near our house where people take a vow of poverty. They have relationships with different...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 13, 2023
- 2 min
No One's Perfect at Christmas
Nobody’s Perfect, and That’s the Point of the Christmas Story If Jesus were a guest on Finding Your Roots, it would be a very interesting...
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