If I name the poet laureates of Christmastime, Christina Rosetti is near the top of my list. I adore her quiet hymn, for example, “In the Bleak Midwinter.” No “Jingle Bell Rock” in there, just the honest calm and everyday
I AM SO IN, ALL THE WAY!
I admit it, I am not a tremendous Star Wars fan, even though I vividly recall sitting in the theater and first seeing it in 1977. I was skeptical, given all the cheesy and campy Flash Gordon science fiction
STOP AND PRAY
Last Tuesday we had our staff Christmas party at the parsonage. A spirit of laughter and lively exchange rose and fell over strains of Christmas music. Dan is quite the story teller and loves to hold forth. Max looks bemused
FINDING HOPE IN THE WILDERNESS
In Sunday’s lesson from the Gospel of Luke, John the Baptizer appears in the desert, featuring a message of repentance leading all people toward forgiveness. In doing so the eccentric prophet echoes the message of Isaiah centuries before: ‘The
ALL THEY OWN IS ON THEIR BACKS
Cecile and I will be in the tropics for Thanksgiving Day. We’ll miss turkey with all of the trimmings. But we won’t miss Black Friday, neither the actual thing nor the idea of the thing. So I had an idea.
I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU JUST SAID THAT TO ME
One of the big surprises to Cecile in being married to a pastor is the things people come up with and say to me with a straight face. The new Senior Pastor at the UCC church in New Canaan, a