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I have written before about the ESL Dinner & Conversation program our congregation spearheaded about 2 years ago. We offered our space and our food and the folks who work…

I have seen a remarkable number of complaints on social media about how many people are saying negative things about Christians. The majority of those complainers are upset that they…

When my son was in the 1st or 2nd grade, he wanted to read “The Lord of the Rings.” The movies had just come out and were rated PG-13, and…

Early in the pandemic, I wrote about attending an AA meeting as the guest of a member of the church I was serving, Andover UMC (NJ). Once a year, that…

You may have seen it online, especially on Tik Tok – a preacher from S. Africa said that he had a vision of Jesus telling him that the Rapture will…

When I was researching which era historians believed to be America’s Golden Age, there were two time periods that kept showing up – the late 1880’s to 1910-ish, and 1945…

When the term, “Make America Great Again” was first being used, I sincerely asked people when the “again” was. After 10 years of hearing it used, I have yet to…

A week ago, as we all so painfully know, Charlie Kirk was murdered. Since then, what might have been a moment of reflection and confession for America has turned into…

Carol Batdorf, who grew up in the church I serve, wrote this:  “I would change the labeling of God to not be Lord or King or He but to encompass…