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Talitha Arnold

Talitha Arnold is senior minister of the United Church of Santa Fe (UCC) in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Talitha Arnold
Editor’s Post

Breaking the silence about suicide

“When the church couldn’t talk about suicide or mental illness, it felt like God couldn’t either.”
Guest Post

Incarnation in the desert

If God can be born in the wilderness, God can be born in the dry places of our lives.
In the Lectionary

The word made rock: Matthew 7:21-29

Be like the wise man who built his house on the rock....
In the Lectionary

A doubt and a promise: Matthew 28:16-20

When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted. Passages like this assure me there’s a place for me and the people I serve. Unlike John’s story of Thomas, Matthew didn’t single out one disciple as the doubter. He says that “some doubted.”
In the Lectionary

Good shepherds (Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24)

While Ezekiel’s shepherd is often on the move, any sheepherder will tell you that this is the exception rather than the rule.
In the Lectionary

Sit on it: Judges 4:1-7

Deborah, a wise woman who sat.
In the Lectionary

True grit: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25

I’ve never been totally honest about baptismal vows. I bet Joshua would have been.
Feature

Pilgrim in the Southwest: Sacred things in the desert

When I moved back to the Southwest, the first thing I noticed was color. Green is not a dominant color in New Mexico. The landscape is brown and red and sometimes golden at sunset, but not green....

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