I am a bit slow on the uptake this year - who knows why - but it is time to announce, recruit, proclaim and celebrate:  8th Annual Festiv...

Affirmations come to those who wait - and I'm not so good with waiting. That said, this weekend has been a bit of a test and I've ...

Sometimes we are hurt: every now and again it is intentional, but more often than not these wounds are unintentional. One of the blessings o...

When I was ordained into Christian ministry 32 years ago, my mentor - Ray Swartzback - preached a message entitled, "Trapped in the...

Many people attuned to the song of the soul sense that we are standing on the precipice of something new: a new spiritual awakening, a ne...

My friend, the poet/musician/author Pam, turned me on to this poem today - and this Pastor, too - another musical mystic from Massachuset...

I just started to read J. Philip Newell's Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirituality born of Gaelic mysticism, an abidin...

A new season of programming, mission and ministry has started: it is autumn and things are popping in New England. This coming Sunday our ch...

As you know, I listen carefully to my tears. Both Fr. Ed Hays and Frederick Buechner were my masters in learning the wisdom of my wounds ...