My Next to Last Sermon
This will be the last sermon I speak from your pulpit. My real last sermon will be the one that reverberates in someone’s head.
Speaker: Rev. John Marsh
The Beauty of Clutter
One of my great aunts was devoted to her stamp collection. My grandmother had a button collection. As a youth, I had a coin collection. Such collecting is now mostly a thing of the past. Now, through the internet, everything is available to everybody everywhere. What has been … read more.
“Pied Beauty” and “Those Winter Sundays”
On this Father’s Day, we will look at two poets, Gerald Manley Hopkins and Robert Hayden. Hopkins was raised in a white, Anglican, Victorian, artistic family. He became somewhat estranged from his family after he became a Jesuit priest. Robert Hadyen was born in Detroit and … read more.
Mother’s Day: Some Truths Best Spoken
Some adults are still angry at their fathers for being too absent. Some adults are still angry at their mothers for being too present. We’ll start from there.
Music is provided by the Chalice Choir.
Easter
Music features the Chalice Choir, directed by Kate Huizinga; Hari Kern, piano; and Rich Illman, trumpet.
Palm Sunday
Music is provided by the Chalice Choir.
Wholeness
Music is provided by the Folk Band.
Song of the Open Road
Music is provided by the Chalice Choir, Mary Turner on flute, and Sarah Patterson on violin.
Lenten Journeys
Music is provided by the Folk Band.
Hard Power, Soft Power, and Some Thoughts About Food
Our choir recently sang a fable written by R.W. Emerson about a squirrel and a mountain comparing themselves to each other. The squirrel notes that for all of the mountain’s weight and magnificence, it cannot crack a nut. This might seem a trivial matter, except … read more.