May 3, 2024 | Celebration, Community, International, Pulpit Posts, World
The photo below is a new mural that has just been unveiled on Riker’s Island. It is the collaborative vision of detainees, artists and arts therapists. Moving the vision from aspiration to reality was a collaborative process, too: detainees of all ethnicities and...
Apr 19, 2024 | Celebration, Community, International, Pulpit Posts, World
As we move on into the season of Easter and further into an election cycle that necessitates our reckoning with faith-based nationalism, I offer this poem by D.A. Powell. Written in 2023 and titled The Miracle of Giving, the author’s comments follow in italics. Twice...
Apr 5, 2024 | Celebration, Community, International, Pulpit Posts, Uncategorized, World
Some years ago, there was a story making the rounds about a man named Robert Liebowitz. A 60 -year-old single father of five, he had been struggling with kidney disease since he was 10 years old. Eventually he was told that he would need dialysis three times a week to...
Mar 22, 2024 | Celebration, Community, International, Pulpit Posts, World
Essay on Adam By Robert Bringhurst There are five possibilities. One: Adam fell. Two: he was pushed. Three: he jumped. Four: he only looked over the edge, and one look silenced him. Five: nothing worth mentioning happened to Adam. The first, that he fell, is too...
Mar 8, 2024 | Celebration, Community, International, Pulpit Posts, World
We are deep in the heart of Lent, and while this Sunday is often referred to as “refreshment Sunday,” there is still a way to go before Easter arrives. Even with the Sunday “Little Easter” reprieves from Lent, and even with the hopeful signs of longer days and warmer...
