Archive for December, 1998

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Sunday, December 27th, 1998

My husband David grew up in Chester, Massachusetts,  a small, out-of-the-way, non-descript  hill town in the Berkshires. His city-reared parents had bought the Chester Inn, smack in the center of the village, and ran it as a Boarding House/ Bar that  came to be inhabited and frequented by a quirky cast  of characters straight [...]

A Jesus For Us Today

Sunday, December 20th, 1998

The Christmas Sunday Homily
It’s true, [as was pointed out earlier] this is my 25th year here in Wayland, my 25th
Community Carol Sing, my 25th Christmas Sunday, and my 25th Christmas Eve, all since
the beginning featuring two services. I figure I have sung about 400 verses of “It Came
Upon the Midnight Clear.” I apologize to [...]

A House Becomes a Home

Sunday, December 6th, 1998

Story for all Ages: “Town Mouse and Country Mouse” as told by Kimi Riegel
One morning the town mouse woke up shivering from a dream about the kitchen cat who prowled the house.  “I need a vacation,” he said to his wife. “Let me take you to see the.  Life is quiet and peaceful there.  “Let’s [...]