by Carol Burns | Jan 30, 2022
Listen A few days ago, probably in preparation for preaching on today’s Scripture passage, a pastor friend posed a simple question on Facebook: “What is love?” And the very first response that was posted was the same one that came to mind immediately for me, as well:...
by Carol Burns | Jan 23, 2022
Listen By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton “Repent, for the kingdom of God has come near!” Repent! I don’t know about you, but that phrase, that language, makes me a bit squirmy. I hear in it the echoes of misguided street preachers and see it’s familiar...
by Carol Burns | Jan 16, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin Recently, my son Liam and I finished watching the television show Battlestar Galactica, a science fiction show from the early-to-mid 2000s that is also routinely listed among the best television shows of that era, winning...
by Carol Burns | Jan 9, 2022
Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin As many of you know, international travel has been a passion of mine throughout my entire adult life, and I have both worked hard and been fortunate enough to have seen many parts of the world at this, including significant...
by Rev. Dr. Stephen Simmons | Jan 2, 2022
Listen By The Rev. Dr. Stephen Simmons OK, so at our house we’ve been going through and recycling all the catalogs that we received during the weeks before Christmas (the Land’s End ones alone would form a stack two or three inches high), and here’s a choice...
by Carol Burns | Dec 26, 2021
LISTEN By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton Last Sunday, we celebrated the gifts of Mary and her courageous, prophetic song of praise, the Magnificat. We considered with awe and wonder her “yes” to bearing God’s love for the world in spite of all the...
