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Wednesday night I had the good fortune of attending a talk given by former Senator George Mitchell.  If you don’t already know, he has been my write-in candidate for everything since I was in high school. I couldn’t tell you what it was about Senator Mitchell that stayed with me all these years before last … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: June 2016

Modern day resurrections happen all the time, they just don’t look like Jesus’ resurrection.  That’s because each of us is unique and what we need to rise above and how we rise up is just as unique.  Once again Rev. Michael Piazza says beautiful just what I was thinking.  Enjoy his thoughts from April 5th. … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: April 2016

I planned on sharing some thoughts about language; the words we choose and how we choose to use them, but I felt a little like, ‘Who am I to say how someone should express their thoughts, ideas and feelings?’ I suppose I expect a certain level of civility and respect based on my experiences growing … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: March 2016

It’s one of those things I do - saving some of my old papers and sermons and other writings that I somehow deem worthy of saving.  Yes, I reread most of them again, occasionally changing my verdict and casting one aside. But there are some I reread and find myself once again deeply connected to … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: February 2016

Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”  Then Joseph got up, took the … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: December 2015

God has a dream, a vision for the world.A vision that has been revealed, pondered, studied and lived out.A vision that has both small and humongous pieces.A vision that is both inviting and repelling.A vision so beyond our individual imagining that it has taken millions of people millennia to simply begin it’s becoming. It has to … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: November 2015

The Lectionary is a three-year cycle of assigned readings, which are taken from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the Gospels, and the Epistles. The idea is by following this cycle you will have covered the vast majority of the Bible at the end of the three years.  I am generally a Follow-the-Lectionary preacher. That means … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: September 2015

For some reason, my Spring schedule seems very full.  The more I complete, the more I find needing to be started. So once again I am sharing one of Rev. Mike Piazza’s insightful writings from his daily devotional, “Liberating Word”.  I, too, will be preaching on the passage that tells the story of the Ethiopian … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: May 2015

A poem of presence for this Eastertide, “I AM There” by James Dillet Freeman A copy of this poem was left on the moon by Astronaut James Irwin, Apollo XV Do you need Me? I am there. You cannot see Me, yet I am the light you see by. You cannot hear Me, yet I … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: April 2015

Molly Baskette writes in, “The Church that Plays Together” that: As a young doctor, Stuart Brown was doing research into the character of murderers who otherwise had no criminal history.  He discovered something amazing, a common thread in 90% of their stories: as children, their play was severely restricted.  Brown, a workaholic, spent many more decades … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: March 2015