Lent arrives this Wednesday.  That only clicked in this morning. Even though I’ve made plans for the congregation I serve, I hadn’t really prepared myself for the beginning of this season.  Not yet.  I hadn’t given any thought toward how… Continue reading

I admit it.   I bemoan this phrase reiterated by my peers.  It drives me nuts even though I love and respect each one of my friends and family members that doesn’t find meaning or relevance in the faith of my… Continue reading

Lent starts in one week.  Even though it is as late as it can possibly be, I don’t feel ready. I have been a little sluggish in my planning even though things are mostly ready to go.  I’m stuck on… Continue reading

So it happened in the beginning of this month. I heard the prayer request of one of our middle school youth regarding her peer. It never hit the news. It was all very quiet — but that student in that… Continue reading

I’m just digesting my morning meeting.   Once a month, I gather with lay and clergy members of the Cumberland Association in the Maine Conference of the United Church of Christ for Church and Ministry.  Each meeting is an act of… Continue reading

Since January 25, when the protests began in Egypt, it’s seems impossible not to think about the power in protests.  Watching the news, I wonder about what happens when people gather.  It was peaceful in Egypt.  The demands of the… Continue reading

All of the sudden, this morning, I was being told about an 8th grade girl.  This isn’t just any story about a middle school student.  This was the story about how this young woman was bullied.  I don’t know the… Continue reading

I am a New Yorker.  I’m not from Maine — though I’ve lived and loved here for just over 4 years.  There are things about me that are distinctly New York, including but not limited to, my overt sarcasm.  When… Continue reading

There is no one description.  There are dozens of metaphors for the divine offered in the words of Scripture.  Potter.  Creator.  Wind.  Mother.  Spirit.  But, let’s be honest.  That’s not what most of us think about when we think about… Continue reading

Photo by Mary Helen Peters Today is the day I was ordained.  Four years ago today.  I was asked a series of questions that I re-read every so often simply to recall what it was that I promised that day.  Each… Continue reading