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CLASS REUNION

I’m prepping for my high school reunion in late August. It’s a big one – the 50th – perhaps the last one I’ll attend. I’ve been asked to give the invocation. I’m a pastor, what else is new? At our last reunion, in addition to the prayer, I took the liberty of delivering a personalContinueContinue reading “CLASS REUNION”

April Snows

On Sunday our church’s boiler malfunctioned and so we worshipped in frigid temperatures. I am not nearly so affected by the discomfort of the cold since I am well outfitted by my vestments. But as I greeted people at the end of the service, it was a shock to the system to shake so manyContinueContinue reading “April Snows”

The Power of Words

As a person who does a lot of talking for a living, there are a couple of aphorisms that I learned a long time ago that are helpful to me yet today. Words, like eggs, are tender things. They should be handled with care. Because words once spoken, like eggs once broken, are difficult toContinueContinue reading “The Power of Words”