by Carol Burns | Jun 26, 2022
Audio coming By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton During Ordinary Time – the period of weeks following both Epiphany and Pentecost – we consider what it means to be God’s people, to be stewards of our faith each day. It’s a season to reflect on our...
by Carol Burns | Jun 19, 2022
Coming Soon By The Rev. J.C. Austin The old man walks into the empty room slowly. He is dressed in the simple dark peasant uniform of Maoist China during the Cultural Revolution. Looking at his face, the years have clearly weighed on him; he has known his...
by Carol Burns | Jun 12, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. J.C. Austin It’s important to recognize just how improbable, even unimaginable, this story is. This is Elijah we’re talking about: one of God’s all-stars, perhaps the greatest of the Hebrew prophets. This is the one thought by...
by Carol Burns | Jun 5, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. J.C. Austin “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” It’s one of those lines that is so famous that people reference it without any real awareness of where it comes from. Is it from Shakespeare? Robert Frost? Kevin Costner’s...
by Carol Burns | May 29, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. J.C. Austin A few weeks ago, the ace starting pitcher of the Baltimore Orioles, John Means, exited suddenly in the middle of the game with elbow problems. After a series of tests, it was determined that he required what is known in...
by Carol Burns | May 22, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton Birches, by Robert Frost: When I see birches bend to left and rightAcross the lines of straighter darker trees,I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.But swinging doesn’t bend them down to...
