by Rev. Cynthia Leslie Simmons | Nov 21, 2021
Listen When I was a small child, I was very fond of fairy tales and deeply regretted the fact that I lived in a country led by a president rather than a king. Kings and queens sounded so much more glamorous than senators and representatives and presidents. And since...
by Carol Burns | Nov 14, 2021
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin Last summer I flew on an airplane for the first time in two years, since the pandemic began, and there were a lot of things that had changed. Everyone was wearing a mask, for starters, but there were also face shields on top of...
by Carol Burns | Nov 7, 2021
Listen By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton “I’m going fishing.” Growing up, it was an annual summer tradition to head to the beach the week of the Fourth of July with my dad’s family. My grandparents, my aunt and uncle and cousins, sometimes even extended...
by Carol Burns | Oct 31, 2021
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin There are not many things that can unite the entire country these days; as we all know, we are living in a time of great polarization, whether you’re talking about politics, economics, or culture. But there’s at least one thing that left...
by Carol Burns | Oct 24, 2021
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin One of the great gifts my father gave me growing up was a thorough education in movies. We watched something of everything, from all-time classic to blockbuster popcorn flicks, from silly comedies to highbrow dramas, from movies...
by Carol Burns | Oct 17, 2021
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin Over the past week or so I’ve been listening to the audiobook of the recently-released memoirs of Dave Grohl, the rock musician. Grohl founded the Foo Fighters, one of the biggest rock bands in the world for the last 25 years or...
