Category: Pastor’s Corner

Every now and then I crave pizza. Yummy, hot, sink-my-teeth-into doughy crust pizza.  I make my own dough when I have the time.  The pizza is large enough that after I cut it into slices (square slices because my large tray is rectangular) I have 6-8 slices I can wrap and freeze for later.  The … Continue reading March, 2022

The dark green Carhart coat is heavy and warm. I pull my Muck boats on over my Smart Wool socks and tuck the inner lining of my snow pants into the boots.  Adorned in my best snow gear, I head out to shovel.   The town plows drive up the center of my little road clearing … Continue reading February, 2022

Joy to the World, the Lord is come.  Let earth receive her King!  There it is!  No truer Christian statement has ever been made!  I ended my December (2012) “Pastor’s Corner” with:  Giving birth takes nine months.  Can we give four weeks to give birth to New Hope?  Slow down, wonder and dream, make room for God to Break In … Continue reading December 2021 – January 2022

Lessons from Geese Fact #1: As each goose flaps it’s wings, it creates an “uplift” for the birds that follow. By flying in a “V” formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater range than if each bird flew alone. Lesson: People who share a common sense of direction and community can get where they are going quicker … Continue reading November, 2021

What is there to say? Lent and Easter have come and gone. Times of great communal ritual and celebrations. A Time also for uncertainty and re-thinking what it means to be called to live in Community.  We’ve heard the Scripture passages from Luke and John. Questions and doubts on how to move on, how to continue … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: June 2020

I was writing about gifts and their meaning and the meta-meaning (meaning behind the meaning) of a gift when I was struck by these words from Matthew’s Gospel: “... they returned by another way.” The decision to go another way. This act of re-turning is a defining moment in the birth narrative of Jesus. This … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner for January 2020

Here’s the summary of the Stew Event from the prophet Haggai. We all have something to contribute to the stew: large or small We all need to keep putting into the stew pot, even when there’s something “distasteful” in it. That’s the only way we can change the stew. We all need to share our … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: December 2019

The Fellowship Hall was clearing out. The last of the Trunk or Treaters and parents made their way to the doors where wind and rain awaited their arrival outdoors – dampening costumes, clothes and coats but not spirits. Weary but happy parishioners packed up what was left on the tables of treats and made their … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: November 2019

I’ve truly enjoyed these past months of reading and studying, pondering and praying the Books of Wisdom.  Knowing the larger arch of life the three primary books lay out has brought me to a new appreciation and love for these scriptural texts.Proverbs = the Young, Bright, Optimistic Academic, who’s reading to take on the world … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: October 2019

From Rev. Erik Kara of Christ Trinity Church Sheffield, MAAugust 20, 2019His church purchased rainbow colored Adirondack chairs to place in the yard besidethe church as a symbol of their openness and welcome to all persons. A simplegesture with no fanfare. Here’s what happened.“Since "The Chairs"; were placed in front of our church, a few … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: September 2019