Pastoral Message, April 2011
African-American preacher, theologian and mystic Howard Thurman (1900-1981) wrote a wonderful poem called “The Threads in My Hand.” It begins this way: “Only one end of the threads, I hold …
African-American preacher, theologian and mystic Howard Thurman (1900-1981) wrote a wonderful poem called “The Threads in My Hand.” It begins this way: “Only one end of the threads, I hold …
On the list of best non-fiction books for 2010 is a book by Isabel Wilkerson called The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration. It is …
On the list of best non-fiction books for 2010 is a book by Isabel Wilkerson called The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration. It is …
With the start of a new year comes a wonderful opportunity. The month of January means that a new period in each of our lives has begun. It is true …
One of the most famous lines in E.M. Forster’s novel Howards End is the phrase “only connect.” It is both a diagnosis of a problem and a prescription for a …
Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Physicists know this to be true, as do parents, where there is …
What is happiness? I am struck by how seldom we talk about happiness anymore. The media always has a lot to say about national moods of anger and anxiety, and …
September: the month when children go back to school and when church school classes for all ages start again. School teachers know that you do not begin the first day …
A recent issue of Presbyterians Today offered a snapshot of what it means to be a Presbyterian. In the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), there are currently 2.1 million members who belong to 10,700 …
As many of you already are aware, my father passed away in late May after a short battle with lung cancer. For his memorial service, my brother, my sister and …