Weekly Reflection

Dear Friends,

I always find it interesting when something I’ve been thinking about related to the lectionary scripture readings for the week, dovetails with a conversation I have with someone in the church. I sense the movement of God’s Spirit in those special times.

This morning provided such a time. I had been contemplating this week the words of Hebrews 7:23-28, and in particular the writer’s description of the difference between the priests who had served in the temple, and ...

Our last Sunday with you will be October 6

A year ago last August, I received a phone call from East Longmeadow asking if I’d be interested in serving as a three-month Bridge Pastor beginning in October, 2023. The Deacons wanted some continuity between early October when their pastor was retiring and Christmas/Epiphany season. I had no idea how this phone call would lead to me serving not just three months but twelve months as your Bridge Pastor.

It is with ...

MIGRATING TO WHERE DEEP SPEAKS TO DEEP

I saw a huge flock of birds swooping and soaring over a field this week. They were undoubtedly gathering to make their annual migration somewhere south for the winter. Preparing for their long flight, they were gobbling up all the grain left behind after the farmer had finished picking the crop.

Mid-September is when migrations begin all around us. Monarch butterflies head to Mexico; songbirds to the Caribbean and South America. Even some church ...