About the Author: Erin Floyd

Erin Floyd lives in Nashville, Tennessee and serves as a development editor of children’s curriculum and resources as The United Methodist Publishing House. Erin holds a B.A. in Religious Education from Oklahoma City University, and an M.A. of Christian Education from Garrett Theological Seminary. In her free time, she enjoys journaling, taking walks, and trying new coffee shops.

  • Advent/Christmas

    By Published On: December 10, 2020

    At the end of Christmas Eve worship we light candles and sing the familiar hymn, “Silent Night.” Yet how many of us will find ourselves in the lonely silence of Christmas this year? Oh silent night, we cry out. How long until we can raise our voices once again? So we sing out...

  • See

    By Published On: September 5, 2019

    Is resurrection just a story Or is it the uncovering of our sight Some of the greatest followers Did not recognize the one they once knew

  • Hiking Through Lent

    By Published On: March 30, 2017

    Today marks the first Sunday of Lent, a time of self-reflection and lament. It is often considered a season of darkness. Something I am all too familiar with. The season of Lent reminds me of walking a labyrinth. A labyrinth is a path that requires you to go in and come out the same way in which you entered. It is a journey towards the center, then back out again, into the world to which you came. You cannot skip the part you did not like, or go around a difficult feeling, you must return the exact way you entered. But, even though the path does not change, you have, and in this we find new life.