Dear Friends in Christ, Now that I am getting my feet wet and a bit more immersed in the water (so to speak), you can see that creativity is one of my God-given gifts. I am gradually learning the names of many of you, and look forward to the day when I can call each […]
The weather forecast said that it was going to warm up today. I was counting on that when I drove into Pembroke through the freezing rain earlier this morning. Now as I look outside and check the weather app on my phone, I still see freezing rain and very cold temperatures. The trees outside in […]
Christmas day has passed. The presents are opened and everyone in my family has some type of new clothing to wear. I have worked hard at maintaining our Christmas family traditions over the years. Of course they change some, as the family’s needs change. One that I particularly enjoy, is finding (or making!) the time […]
Some years ago, the church where I was serving sponsored a production of the famous opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” We were fortunate to have a Minister of Music who knew the music for the whole opera, and who had played it a few times with an opera group. This […]
This is the year of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The actual anniversary date is October 31st on the eve of All Saints Day. It was on that night in 1517, when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg Germany. His 95 theses was essentially a […]
On Monday, August 21st, I witnessed an awe inspiring celestial event – the Solar Eclipse. We were in Maine that day, and so we took our solar eclipse viewing glasses and beach chairs went to the beach. For a little more than 3 hours, we sat staring up at the sun through our protective glasses. […]
As part of my summer wanderings, I toured the 16th Street Baptist church in Birmingham Alabama. I know you have heard of this church before, because I spoke of it in last month’s newsletter! It was in 1963, when American white supremacist terrorists bombed that building, and 4 children who were attending Sunday School were […]
Today I read an inspirational quote by Flora Whittemore, “The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” I love this! We live life through opening and closing many doors each and every day – the doors to old friendships and new friendships; the doors to care for someone who needs […]
I think more about our “Creator God” in the springtime. It is hard not to as the season changes from winter to spring and the earth warms, and buds on the trees begin to open, and daffodils in our gardens begin to bloom. Warm days invite us to open our windows, and they call us […]
Last week I attended the annual Boys and Girls Club of Nashua, Youth of the Year dinner. I attended because, a couple of months earlier, an alumnus had invited me. He told me they were inducting into the club’s Hall of Fame, the 1977 Junior Bantam Boys Club of Nashua Football team, which placed second […]