About a month ago, I was on the phone with a friend when I heard a terrifying  noise coming from my kitchen. It sounded like an animal being skinned alive. But alas it was my washing machine. It took a few days to find what I thought was the right repair company to come and

It was inevitable. The men and women clad in orange vests and safety hats came again last week stalking in the woods behind my Condo. I knew exactly what it meant: time, again to cut down all the trees that are and would be threatening the low-level power lines that run the length of the

I’m happy to share that we had a enlivening and productive church-wide retreat just a few days ago. New members and Long-standing members, young and seasoned members all spent quality time talking, listening and most especially discerning where God is leading this church in the future. While we certainly couldn’t name, plan and button up

I  pray that you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. As I write this, Chanukkah has just finished but I wanted to share a story with you that I read about and wished I had witnessed. On Dec 18th, a menorah parade commenced, (not people carrying ‘live’ menorahs with real candles)

I’m so pleased this year’s Advent and Christmas season will again be filled with a variety of special events, IN AND BEYOND worship. We’re bringing back and updating favorite pastimes. We HAVE: The PW COOKIE EXCHANGE Dec 10 th , (which is now a house party at the Croziers), starting @ 5PM which follows with

As I write this, it’s a gorgeous sunny fall day with not a cloud in the sky; and now that the sun is lower in the sky it is backlighting and illuminating all the gold, orange and red leaves in a glorious way. Even my still green basil (which is miraculously still holding its own) is part

Dear Saints, I don’t know about you, but I find September a weird and difficult month. As parents and grandparents, I’m sure you all relish kids going back to school. For some, this brings relief and a different rhythm and for all of us, a faster, more intense pace than Summer. However, the shift from

Dear Saints, As the very familiar passage in Ecclesiastes 3 says: “For everything, there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3 a time to kill, and

Dear Saints, We are deep into Summer and I pray that you are all finding joy, play, laughter as well as and calm, rest, peace. Summer is a wonderful time of year for so many things including seeing all sorts of things grow, blossom and produce delicious things to eat. It’s also a time when