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The Anxious Presence and the Gift of Peace and Being Called by Name

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCApril 13, 2026 Uncategorized0 comments
Over the past week, I was given the gift of retreat—time set apart with clergy who deeply value rest and renewal, learning in community, and shared fellowship. In that space, I was reminded of the simple and the profound: the gift of stillness, the presence of peace, and the sacredness of being called by name. There is often an anxious presence in the rooms in which we find ourselves...
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Palm Sunday: The Truth We Don’t Want to Hold

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCMarch 27, 2026 Uncategorized0 comments
The past few years have disrupted our sense of self and what it means to live in community in ways I don’t think we’ve fully been able to name. There have been moments when days blurred together—What day is it? How long have we been doing this? Memories, moments and news cycles have felt like forever, and yet somehow also fleeting. And then comes Holy Week. Palm Sunday, in particular,...
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Playing Pretend: Reframing the Everyday in these dry bones

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCMarch 23, 2026 Uncategorized0 comments
There are days when life feels like a quiet performance. We show up, say the right things, move through the motions—smiling when expected, producing when necessary, holding it together just enough to be perceived as fine. It can feel like playing pretend in the most ordinary, exhausting ways. There have admittedly been days (perhaps even years) in the past when I have played pretend....
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Living in the Light in a Complicated Season

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCMarch 16, 2026 Uncategorized0 comments
There are seasons in history that simply feel simpler in hindsight. And then there are inherited seasons – layered with uncertainty, tension, grief, and competing truths about how the world seems to be. Many of us did not choose the conditions of this moment, yet we find ourselves feeling the weight and responsibility for how we will live within it. Into this kind of complicated...
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Reflections on Purim Through a Lenten Lens

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCMarch 14, 2026 Uncategorized0 comments
Lent is a season of stripping away—of illusion, certainty, and self-protection. It is a time when Christians sit honestly with vulnerability, mortality, and the long road toward the cross. And yet, in the midst of this solemn season, this week our Jewish neighbors celebrate Purim—a festival marked by costumes, laughter, noisemakers, and joy. At first glance, Purim and Lent seem worlds...
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FindiFinding Ourselves in the Wildernessng Ourselves in the Wilderness

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCMarch 14, 2026 Uncategorized0 comments
Reflections on Matthew 4:1–11 Lent begins, not with certainty, but with wilderness. Before Jesus teaches, heals, or gathers disciples, Matthew tells us that he is “led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted.” This detail matters. The wilderness is not an accident or a punishment. It is not a detour from God’s purposes. It is the place the Spirit leads him. Which raises an...
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At the Well: Resisting the Culture of Othering

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCMarch 14, 2026 Uncategorized0 comments
A Lenten Reflection on John 4:5–42 This week’s Lenten Gospel lesson found in John 4:5–42 in a stark reminder that scripture continues to speak to us in these modern times. Jesus, weary from travel, sits beside a well in Samaria and asks a Samaritan woman for a drink of water. It is a brief interaction, but it breaks through several deeply entrenched cultural barriers....
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Transitions & a Cup of Coffee

I am a big fan of coffee – church coffee, boutique coffee, Starbucks. It does not completely matter to me if my coffee originates from an espresso maker crafted ever so carefully with beautiful artwork showing through the foam from the local coffee shop, or straight from the verismo tucked in the corner of my office. I just enjoy my coffee.

I am also a fan of sharing sacred conversations with those dearest and most important to me over something as simple or complex as a cup of coffee. Conversations that are light and fun that share in celebrations and excitement, and conversations that sit on the soul in a different way. It’s the conversations of life, and laughter, tears, frustrations, broken relationships, and reconciliation. I enjoy a full life of connection.

I find myself this season seeped in sacred conversations embodied by the topic of transitions. These sacred conversations are conversations I find myself having with others as well as with myself. Transitions that include relationship shifts, employment discernment, and faith community affiliations. And yes, these conversations often happen over a simple, yet complex cup of coffee which for me, serves as a reminder of that which is a constant in my life – a grounding if you will to what is present, now. 

I encourage each of you to find your grounding  – in the midst of simple and complicated and complex conversations which is what makes life so very rich. Seek out those whom you love and care for dearly, and share in this grounding wherever those moments take you. 

Grace & Peace,

The Chrysalis Team

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