My life’s work and greatest joy is to help people discover the mysterious presence of God in every moment, in every place, in every person.
I am a United Methodist pastor, serving a church in North Carolina, where I regularly see glimpses of God in the lives of my parishioners, my friends, my pastor-husband, and our two children. This website is full of these stories, mystical moments of encountering the Divine in the mundane.
This blog grew from my pastoral vocation, from recognizing a deep longing among thoughtful Christians for glimpses of God within the mess of life. My writing vocation expanded further as I discovered a deep ache among churched and once-churched people for glimmers of God in the Church, especially as the public opinion of the institution becomes increasingly irrelevant at best and disdainful at worst.
I am convinced that it is through stories like the ones I share here, when God’s presence overwhelms, that we are able to see and remember with hopeful anticipation that God is still making all things new. Even the Church. Even us.
Rev. Laura Johnson 