We’ve moved to a new phase of Fall.  The leaves on the trees have fallen.  Nature’s window dressing has come down.  Every year it seems it happens so quickly.  One day you are enjoying the oranges and reds and yellows and the next time you look around you see the outlines of the branches… Read More »

One of my favorite “new” hymns is “Take My Gifts”. Take my gifts and let me love you, God who first of all loved me, gave me light and food and shelter, gave me life and set me free, now because your love has touched me, I have love to give away, now the bread… Read More »

          How and where we give our charitable contributions has changed over the decades.  There was a time when most families primarily gave money in the “charitable” category to the church.  The church has long been custodian of people’s money so that the real needs of people in their community and the world are met.  The… Read More »

            You know you have been around the life of a church a long time when words like chancel, narthex, Trinity, pledge don’t make you pause and wonder what is going on.  One of those words, “pledge”, is a fixture of many churches each year.  Longtime members know what it is all about.  Some church… Read More »