Feb 10, 2022 | Now. Here. This.
I’ve heard from many of you over the last few days how much you appreciated hearing from Rev. Kasey Jones, who was invited by our Baptist Identity Committee to help us celebrate Baptist Heritage Sunday, a more focused approach to our old “Founders’ Day,” aimed at...
Feb 6, 2022 | Now. Here. This.
Last Sunday the New York Times published an op-ed by Rev. Tish Harrison Warren, a priest in the Anglican Church in North America entitled, “Why Churches Should Drop Their Online Services.” She writes, “Online church, while it was necessary for a season, diminishes...
Jan 31, 2022 | Now. Here. This.
In a recent column he shares with Gail Collins, New York Times opinion writer Bret Stephens offered the following description of the internet’s effects on our ability, or often inability, to form meaningful community and a healthy interior life—noting the connection...
Jan 24, 2022 | Now. Here. This.
In his beautiful new book, Northwind, children’s author Gary Paulsen tells the story of a boy named Leif who finds himself on a solo journey through the northcountry in a dugout canoe. Leif was born to parents “of no remembered name,” and quickly became an orphan....
Jan 17, 2022 | Now. Here. This.
I’ve been thinking this week of an episode of StoryCorps from a few years ago. StoryCorps, you may know, is a national nonprofit that records conversations between two people and then archives them in the Library of Congress. You can go to their website and listen to...
Jan 11, 2022 | Now. Here. This.
“Give me some light!” cries Hamlet’s uncle midway through the murder of Gonzago. “Light! Light!” cry scattering courtesans. Here, as in Denmark, it’s dark at four, and even the moon shines with only half a heart. The...
Dec 20, 2021 | Now. Here. This.
Christmas was illegal in Massachusetts from 1659 to 1681, and anyone caught celebrating would be subject to a fine of 5 shillings. Who knew “the war on Christmas” was that old! Of course, the irony is that it was Christians who outlawed Christmas, specifically the...
Dec 6, 2021 | Now. Here. This.
A few years ago when the boys became old enough to participate, we started to keep a more regular practice of lighting an Advent wreath at home–and I say this with all the necessary qualifiers about what “regular” means in our home. But this has become something...
Nov 30, 2021 | Now. Here. This.
You can prepare but still it will come to you by surprise, crossing through your doorway calling your name in greeting, turning like a child who quickens suddenly within you. it will astonish you how wide your heart will open in welcome for the...
Nov 22, 2021 | Now. Here. This.
Since 2015, the central part of our Thanksgiving celebration here at the church has been to gather with our friends and neighbors from the First Baptist Church on New St. for a potluck. Perhaps more than any other activity or event we have shared, this annual meal has...
