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          I was reading a book (Catch the Light by Joy Harjo) and came to a paragraph that captured my imagination.             During the writing of one of my poems, I discovered Saint Coincidence, a saint who presides over incidents that appear to be coincidence.  Such incidents can appear to be miraculous, marked by perfect timing.  I did

This past Sunday our Scripture text was Micah 6:1-8. We heard it from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible. The basic text is – What does the Lord require of you? But to do justice, love kindness and to walk humbly with your God. Many of us have memories of the same text as

            I’ve been thinking about friends.  It happens every year as Christmas cards and updating letters are exchanged.  With a January birthday, there are all those well wishes on Facebook.  This week we will be with friends of over 45 years for dinner (two of us have a birthday on the same day!).  Later this

          This coming Sunday is our Annual Meeting.  It is that time when the members of the congregation engage in governing their church.  A new Moderator will be elected.  “Moderator” is the name out of our religious tradition for the person who is, in essence, President of the congregation, the governing body of the church.  The

          In 1955 Martin Luther King, Jr. gained a national audience when he helped lead a boycott against segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama.  In 1955 my family moved from a small town in northwest Pennsylvania to a small town in central Florida (Plant City).  I would hear the speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. on television