There are moments in the life of a community when words feel painfully small.  A tragedy—particularly one involving a child—does not just break our hearts; it also…… Read more “Struggling with the Questions”

Brunch, flowers, and candy.  Those are the three main ingredients of Mother’s Day.  Would you be surprised to learn that the founders of Mother’s Day would actually…… Read more “The Status of Women Past and Present”

247.  That is the number of funerals that I have officiated since my ordination in 1995.  I happened across that statistic when hunting through my files for…… Read more “Character and Priorities”

Our Conference Minister for the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ, Rev. Darrel Goodwin, wrote the following in response to recent postings by…… Read more “A Warped Sense of Christianity”

Here’s an interesting fact: In 1930, the number of Americans without religious affiliation was 5 percent.  In 1990 that number was 8 percent.  Today, that number is…… Read more “The Risk of Losing the Story”