From the Pastor…   As this is written, it is Day 32 of the partial government shutdown.   Wait… before you skip over this article and move on to another part of the newsletter, please allow me to explain my fixation on the current situation. It’s not that I want to beat a dead horse… Read More »

From the Pastor… In one of the newsfeeds I subscribe to, there was an article written by someone who was dissatisfied with his IPhone X. In fact, he used the word “hate.” Apparently, he couldn’t navigate the screen with one hand. For folks who depend on their technology to get them through the day and… Read More »

We spent the Mother’s Day weekend back home in Massachusetts and got to enjoy Spring all over again! The pink dogwood and redbud were in full bloom, most of the oak and maple leaves looked like they had just recently emerged. They must be at least a week or ten days behind us. It was… Read More »

From the Pastor…   As the entire month of March was spent making our way through the season of Lent, so now in May we will find ourselves in the heart of our Easter celebration- from the 1st through the 31st and a bit beyond that. In place of the usual Old Testament reading as… Read More »

From the Pastor…   Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian tenor, holds the record for the most curtain calls in a career. He had 165 of them. Whether you’re part of the audience clamoring for it, or the performer ready to oblige, a curtain call is often an exciting moment. The audience gets one more chance to… Read More »

From the Pastor…   The other night at our monthly Council meeting, I feel as though I launched into a bit of a rant in the midst of discussion surrounding the possible use of an online worship/bible study/counseling resource. I often feel like the wet blanket in these moments, as I feel it is incumbent… Read More »

From the Pastor…   The other night at our monthly Council meeting, I feel as though I launched into a bit of a rant in the midst of discussion surrounding the possible use of an online worship/bible study/counseling resource. I often feel like the wet blanket in these moments, as I feel it is incumbent… Read More »

From the Pastor… Did you know that, according to one study, brand loyalty begins at age two? That at age 6 months babies start to recognize brand logos? That by age 3, children recognize 100 different logos? That in an average year, kids see between 25 and 40 thousand advertisements? You don’t have to tell… Read More »

From the Pastor…   On our recent vacation, Ann and I stopped at the Crazy Horse Memorial, between Custer and Hill City, South Dakota, about 17 miles from Mt. Rushmore. It is an immense, ambitious undertaking, begun in 1948, privately funded, and far from completion. As a matter of scale, the four presidential heads of… Read More »