Weekly Word
Tell Me Something Good
Actually, let me tell you something good. . . This week, Jason Piracini came into the church office with a smile on his face. You might remember...
The Gift of Listening
The Gift of Listening This past week, I picked up our 3-year-old from daycare and, once we were buckled in and on the way, he volunteered this...
If These Walls Could Reverberate. . .
Last fall, with my 50th Birthday approaching, I said to my wife that I really couldn’t think of anything that I needed for my birthday, but. . ....
The Beloved Community
This past Monday was the national observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. And, over the course of last weekend and this week, there were...
It Feels So Good Feelin’ Good Again
There is this great old Robert Earl Keene song called, “Feelin’ Good Again” that paints the picture of someone who returns to his hometown after...
Lighting a Candle
Last month, a colleague of mine named Jenny McDevitt, who is a pastor down in South Carolina, posted an entry in her church’s Advent Devotional...
Star Words for Epiphany
Someone asked me, fairly recently, “Are we doing the Star Words this year? Because my family loved them!” “Yes we are!” I replied, excitedly -...
It’s Beginning to Look (and Sound!) a Lot Like Christmas
We have some people - specifically some young people - at our house who are very excited about Christmas. Sometimes, when he wakes up in the...








