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Dear Friends, Last week, Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 145 mph, smashed through the Caribbean and on to our nation's coast leaving in its path…

I posted the following Facebook message on my personal page yesterday morning. Good morning! It's National Coming Out Day. Let's affirm people who require unbelievable courage just to say out…

A month before the presidential election, you may feel that the world is too crazy and uncertain to even consider something so old-fashioned as a commitment to the church. I believe…

There are three ways to look at the future: with hope, with fear, or with apathy. What's your default position, and how did you get here? In the early Church,…

Ever since most people were farmers, who relied on an annual fall harvest for most of their income, October has been a time when churches talk about giving. Lots of pastors…

It's the month of buckling down. Noses to the grindstone, shoulders to the wheel, hands to the plow, and all that. That passing madness that was summer will fade from…

This suggestion was given to me just before the potluck yesterday. Some folks have impeccable timing! Here's the suggestion: the church should fast together. For those of you not up…

There's just something about food, that brings us together. Food never stops being part of our church life. Women United had another cooking class Monday night, and it always manages to…

The traffic light is back on across from Wesley Hall. The parking lots are full again. As soon as their rooms are put together, students will be crossing Hannah Street…

Oh yeah, everyone's doing it! Politics is in its full swing for the next eighty days, and we skid toward the end of another presidential election. You've probably heard pundits…