READING
“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a [...]
“In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the Word was god. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him and without him nothing came into being.”[1] That’s the way the Gospel of John starts - with the word. This message is still an [...]
In my career as a minister, I have had the good fortune to work with talented, dedicated professionals who helped design and orchestrate the religious education (or “RE”) programs at my previous church and here. These days, the RE staff here at the First Parish includes our Associate Minister, Kimi Riegel, half of whose [...]
Well, the holidays are past, and congratulations: everything was perfect. That was the best ham anyone had ever had, your presents were just what their recipients had long been yearning for, and when the family gathered, everyone got along in unrelenting harmony.
But maybe this year the holidays were a disaster again. They wouldn’t [...]