A Reflection on Psalm 85, Ezekiel 13, and Luke 2 My father-in-law never carried an umbrella, at least not for the last 75 years of his life. It wasn’t that he had a fondness for rain, or found umbrellas an inconvenience when a mad dash through the weather would do....

It’s hard to believe that three years have passed since Adam Lanza gunned down 20 elementary school children, 6 of their teachers, and his mother. Even harder to fathom is that, three years on, the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School no longer stands as an anomaly of recent...

This poem accompanied the sermon, "Making Peace." MERRY CHRISTMASby Langston HughesPublished In New Masses (Dec. 1930) Merry Christmas, ChinaFrom the gun-boats in the river,Ten-inch shells for Christmas gifts,And peace on earth forever.Merry Christmas, India,To Gandhi in his cell,From righteous Christian England,Ring out, bright Christmas bell!Ring Merry Christmas, Africa,From Cairo to...

Advent when churches are focusing on the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, is a great opportunity to remember that women all over the...