Dear Friends, Labor Day weekend is before us. This federal holiday, instituted in 1894 honors the achievements of the American worker. This is the day of picnics, get-aways, and cookouts. The 19th century saw agricultural work give way to industrialized work. Regularly, 12 hours/day and seven-days a week, the poor and new immigrants worked to […]

August 24, 2022“[J]ust then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” When he laid his hands on her, […]

“By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land… (Hebrews 11:29)” Whatif Last night, while I lay thinking here,some Whatifs crawled inside my earand pranced and partied all night longand sang their same old Whatif song:Whatif I’m dumb in school?Whatif they’ve closed the swimming pool?Whatif I get beat up?Whatif […]

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1).” Dear Friends, This is one of my favorite lines of scripture. God who created and sustains us, the Holy One who called all Creation “good,” made and continues to cultivate a good world. It is hard to see that good […]

“Give thanks to the Lord, for the Lord is good, and the Lord’s mercy endures for ever (Psalm 107:1).” Dear Friends, The opening verse of this week’s psalm suggests that gratitude is really the only response to God’s inherent goodness and mercy which is unending.  The past few weeks I have had the blessing of […]