Wonderings

Learning, growing , changing – all these things happen in a variety of ways as we make this journey of life and faith. Sometimes it means opening ourselves to new information by reading and listening. Sometimes it happens …

This morning as I sit at my desk my mind is filled with details and feelings around two separate transactions. Out of Every Death Comes New Life The first is dealing with the closing of the Great Village Pastoral Charge. As the supervisor for this congregation it is my responsibility to walk with them through

The Ice Bucket Challenge It is amazing what can be accomplished and the fruits that can be harvested from the planting of a single seed. Most, if not all of you, have heard of ( and some of you have participated in) the Ice Bucket challenge. It began with one name, Pete Frates, and one

Yesterday I sat with some colleagues and during our discussion came to the conclusion that we are fundamentally different in our understanding of what it means to be a Christian. It was a good conversation but also a difficult one. Our differences have consequences for how we work together and, for some, calls into question

Last Thursday I had the opportunity to participate in a retreat that invited us to focus on and tap into the energy of Mary Magdalene. There were many things that I received from that experience but the thing that seems to be staying with me is a line from a Poem that says “ Trust

This morning with another layer of freshly fallen snow it might be difficult to think that this is spring. And yet, there are signs of it all around us. We can feel the difference in the sun. It’s power and warmth has begun to change. Evenings are brighter as the sun sets later in the

Sunday morning our youth shared with us a time of reflection on peace and justice. The Litany “ If Only…” started Like this “ Perhaps there would be justice if only…. If only all faiths could co-exist rather than fearing and competing with each other”. Then on Sunday night in Youth Group we watched a