There is a cheesy line that clergy use to define their jobs: we “hatch, match and dispatch”.  It’s corny, but it is also true.  One of the things that drew me to ministry was that it offered me the opportunity to be a part of people’s lives through every stage and...

Autumn slipped into our week, almost unnoticed. It showed up just after 8 pm on Tuesday, quietly, but full of promise. It shook hands with summer, bidding it a well-deserved rest, and assumed its mantle of leadership, such as it has since the dawn of time. Before it...

There is a fable that has been attributed to Aesop, but likely came from another source.  It is called the “Story Of The Painted Gold”. There was once an elderly man who sold all of his possessions and brought a large piece of gold.  He buried the treasure in the...