Rev. Dr. John Morehouse, Senior Minister More than a few of you have mentioned how exhausting it is to hear nothing but bad news about our current times. To be sure there is much about the pandemic which is terrible. The loss of life, the loss of our loved ones, the virulence of this disease … Read more
Rev. Dr. Ed Thompson, Minister of Music According to my calculations, we are finishing week 5 of the isolation/lock-down. At some point last week things began to feel different for me. What I had thought of as a temporary deviation was now a lifestyle change or a new normal. It almost feels like my former … Read more
Rev. Dr. John Morehouse, Senior Minister All of us can see the bad news: the death toll in NY and CT is staggering, we seem to be running out of medical supplies, and the federal response to this pandemic has been woefully inadequate. I can’t imagine the stress front-line providers, from doctors to delivery people, … Read more
Rev. Dr. Ed Thompson, Minister of Music One of the “benefits” of this Corona time is that I am able to catch up on some reading. One of the passages that I recently came across is from Friedrich Nietzsche: “One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing … Read more
Rev. Dr. John Morehouse, Senior Minister I have been giving a lot of thought to the wash of emotions we all seem to be feeling these days. I have been contemplating this uneasiness I feel. Most of us are safe or in very good hands. A few of us have suffered real loss. We miss … Read more
Rev. Dr. John Morehouse, Senior Minister In his classic book, Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez wrote of his hero: “He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges … Read more
Rev. Dr. John Morehouse, Senior Minister Much has been made of what our leaders call “social distancing.” Social distancing is a catch-all phrase that means we should avoid areas where people congregate in large numbers: concerts, sporting events, schools and congregations like ours. Public health officials tell us that by distancing ourselves from one another … Read more
Rev. John T. Morehouse In this time of political dystopia, economic chaos and a threatening pandemic, I think of the spiritual power of brokenness. There seem to be holes everywhere. It’s almost as if we have a cross between an elephant and a kangaroo running amok, a giant beast of misfortune, stomping big holes around … Read more
Rev. Dr. John Morehouse, Senior Minister With the spread of the Corona Virus, fear seems to be gripping our everyday lives. The stock market tumble of this past week was truly scary, especially for those who depend on their investments to live or retire on. What many experts tell me though is that this will … Read more
Rev. Dr. John Morehouse, Senior Minister Some of you were in church this past Sunday and learned more about gender identity and equity. Gender identity is the preferred expression of an individual regardless of their biological sex or sexual orientation. Those who are not binary in their identity often express themselves in a pronoun that … Read more
Rev. Jim Francek, Community Minister for Pastoral Care FROM AGING TO SAGING … Reflections of an Elder in process! A number of weeks ago, I was serving as the Pastoral Care Chaplain at our candle boat after our Sunday service. A middle-aged septuagenarian congregant came forward to share a dilemma he was facing. He shared: … Read more
Rev. Dr. John Morehouse, Senior Minister Should We Always Take the Risk? This question was on the long list of questions the ministers were asked in November and I think this is a good time to tackle an answer. Any decision to take a risk depends on what is at stake. Generally, I live by … Read more