One of my dear blogging buddies, the gifted author and musician Pam McAllister, has written a variety of beautiful and sensitive reflection...

Why do some deaths cut like a knife while others are sad but effect your soul in only marginal ways?  Like falling in love or the unpredict...

This morning I found myself taken over by tears during the hymn before my message.  It is a hymn I first heard years ago at Bea Wightma...

I have long been moved by certain icons. I particularly like the contemporary icons born of the Orthodox Church in America as well as th...

So this morning, after receiving about 14 inches of snow yesterday, I awoke to perhaps another 8-10 inches. Small wonder the local authoriti...

A young woman met with me recently.  She said that when she came inside the Sanctuary on Sunday and saw this banner on the wall, she though...

One of the many joys I experience in living in this part of the woods is something called a "snow day." Say what you will about be...

Note:   Here are my worship notes for Sunday, February 16, 2014. I am moving away from the lectionary this week to deepen the on-going serie...