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Autumn in New England is amazing. The air grows crisp and cool. The blue sky deepens into cobalt. The sunlight blinds us, with the lengthening shadows of the sun’s sinking arc. The trees colorfully peak before bowing to winter’s encroaching

I wish you could have been a fly on the wall at our staff meeting last Tuesday. I noticed energy and eagerness from all parties to advance the cause of worshiping and serving God here at 1st Congregational. We have

You will notice that I like to quote from comedians as I write and preach. I believe that I did so twice last Sunday. I like how stand-up comics skirt the edge of tragic and comic. Frankly, we Christians would

We have been here before. Increasingly, muted shock is our reaction as the news of someone going on a murderous rampage marks our days, this time at the Navy Yard in Washington. Even the assailant’s profile is familiar as details emerge: a