On Monday I began to pre-record the worship service for a neighboring church. I set up my camera indoors with daylight not too bright, not too shadowy. I cleared clutter so my background did not distract from the prayers. I adjusted the height, angle and frame of the camera lens. I plugged in my microphone […]
St. Anne’s church was packed with people on Wednesday evening. The funeral home invited them; all the families who had suffered a death this year. There was a priest and an AME Zion church pastor and me, all leading worship together. I told the story about Emma’s gift. There is a part of the story […]
I preached at Hadwen Park Congregational Church on the first Sunday in April at Rev. Sarah Sund-Lussier’s ordination. She requested her favorite scripture, Jesus’ parable of the lost sheep. The shepherd loses 1 out of 100, but searches until he finds the single lost lamb and rejoices when it is back in his arms, just […]
The funeral home was packed with mourners and the funeral service was well underway. There were a lot of words, a lot of tears, just enough scripture. But I wondered how long it would be before the 5 year-old sitting in the second row became restless and fidgety. Just then, as it turned out, the previously […]
One… What to buy to surprise your child? What to purchase to surprise your spouse? What to wrap to surprise your parents? We shop and plan and bake and wrap. Searching for that perfect gift that our friend both wants and will be surprised to receive, we hunt through malls, pore through catalogues, and listen […]
Seven sons of Sceva, charlatons of the first century in Palestine, put on healing shows. (See Acts 19:11-20) Yes, snake oil salesmen and magicians fool generations in every century. But a fascinating detail in the biblical story claims that the demon recognizes the powerful name of Jesus but does not know the clowns who invoke […]
Rushing, I thought I was late. I had robe in hand but knew that clergy needed to arrive 20 minutes early to a pastor’s installation to be ready to robe and process and it was only 10 minutes before the hour. Fortunately, a member of the church was greeting people at the door. “Is it […]