by Carol Burns | Mar 17, 2019
When I came to Bethlehem, the first clergy colleague in the area who reached out to me was not a Presbyterian pastor, nor even a Christian pastor, but Rabbi Michael Singer, the rabbi at Congregation Brith Shalom here in Bethlehem. He took me out to lunch because he...
by Carol Burns | Mar 5, 2019
A MESSAGE FROM PASTOR J.C. AUSTIN: Taking a ‘Do-Over’ As a child, I used to play a lot of wiffle ball in the backyard with neighborhood friends. If you don’t know it, wiffle ball is essentially baseball with special plastic balls and bats that allows you to play...
by Carol Burns | Feb 21, 2019
A MESSAGE FROM PASTOR SUE BENNETCH: H.A.L.T.! Have you ever heard of the acronym H.A.L.T.? Well, it stands for hungry, angry, lonely and tired. Support groups, counselors and others use it to remind people that if they get too hungry, too angry, too lonely or too...
by Carol Burns | Feb 15, 2019
A MESSAGE FROM PASTOR J.C. AUSTIN: The Future of the Christian Church This past week, I was in Atlanta for two days to meet with the board of Macedonian Ministry – a clergy development organization that was founded by Tom Tewell, one-time associate pastor here...
by Carol Burns | Feb 8, 2019
Every week at our church staff meeting, the team does a “Looking Back, Looking Forward” exercise in which we all take a moment to look back at the major accomplishments of the previous week, before turning to the priorities that are coming up for us as individuals and...
