by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Jan 7, 2024
Well, it’s that time again: the season of New Year’s resolutions. Now, if you’re making a resolution, there are several important steps to keep in mind. Step 1, of course, is the setting of intentions: making one’s resolutions for the new year, and those resolutions...
by Rev. Dr. Richard Smith | Dec 31, 2023
Christmas isn’t over! Even though the presents are opened, the guests and family have gone home; the daily work has begun again. Christmas isn’t over! Even though we step into January with the forecast of snow and cold weather every year, with battleship grey...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Dec 24, 2023
I don’t know about you, but for me, decorating for Christmas always requires a fundamental reassessment of how my home is furnished. It’s not like there is open space year-round that is big enough to plant a literal tree in it for a month. No, I have to move a side...
by The Rev. Ruth Santana-Grace | Dec 17, 2023
The Rev. Santana-Grace is a former Associate Pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, and is current Co-Moderator of PC(USA)’s General Assembly. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.” This verse has become fundamental...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Dec 10, 2023
If you’re looking up places to stay for vacation on Airbnb or the like, there are certain descriptive words that are important to understand. For example: to the novice, an apartment described as “cozy” conjures up images of a warmly decorated living room with a...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Dec 3, 2023
“What kind of music do you like?” That is simultaneously one of the easiest and hardest questions for me to answer. It’s hard because my musical tastes span all kinds of genres. I like rock music and folk music, bluegrass and classical music, opera and rap, blues and...
