Former American Press staff writer Sunny Brown Farley writes "Naked Faith," a look at faith in its natural form: lived out in the day-to-day lives of ordinary people.

A Personal Note

It has been a busy time for the Naked Faith blogger. This month, I graduated from seminary with a master’s in divinity and was commissioned by the United Methodist Church.

The ordination process in my denomination is a rigorous one that takes many years. I declared myself a candidate for this process in 2005 and will [...]

Endless Opportunities

Today I was thinking that, as Christians, the possibilities for ministry are endless.

Ministry has no bounds or limits. I just learned about a cookie ministry. That’s right, a cookie ministry. There are a group of people at a church who get together every so often and spend the day making cookies They then bag the [...]

My Calendar

My 2-and-a-half-year-old son has recently got hold an ink pen.

He colored his arms. He colored the mail. He colored my calendar.

I noticed the first two of these right away. He said he had written his name on his arm. Since he doesn’t know how to write his name, it looked something like bar code.

The decorated [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

Yesterday I graduated from seminary. Four years of study. Four years of driving back and forth to Fort Worth. Four years of staying in my Mom and Dad’s guest bedroom for a night or two.

After the hooding ceremony – an amazing worship service in which all of us were draped with the sash-like hood awarded [...]

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Matthew 18:21-22 says: “Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” (NIV)

I have been thinking a lot lately about a situation that has me troubled. I feel [...]