Last Wednesday, when I went to retrieve the Buffalo News, I discovered this pleasant surprise in the pre-dawn southern sky. It’s a waning or descending half...

At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me,[...

Written by Quinn Caldwell God will cover you with his pinions, and under her wings you will find refuge. -Psalm 91:4 How much room is there under a God-wing...

Remind us, Lord, that we are dust. And, when reminded, Lead us to remember That most wondrous miracle― That in your hands, dust lives! -Peter Mead Be reconci...

Will you join me in a daily prayer? “Lord please help me… · to see you in the face of every human I encounter; · to be more faithful in my commitment to my f...

The late Gene Bartlett, a wise and beloved American Baptist preacher and leader, once said, "It's amazing how much sufficiency accumulates when you accept Go...

January 02, 2020 Written by Quinn Caldwell All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. - John 1:3 (NRSV) Jesus is ...

Hope is an apple seed. Hope is striking the match to light the first candle in the dark. Hope is speaking truth, even when you voice trembles, to power. Hope...

Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain? - Psalm 21 (NRSV) Maybe you haven’t looked at the calendar, and don’t yet realize what day this is...

August 20, 2019 Written by Quinn Caldwell “The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to all.” - Proverbs 24:9 (NRSV) I mean. What would...

April 18, 2019 Written by Emily Heath "Little children, I am with you only a little longer. Where I am going, you cannot come. I give you a new commandment, ...

I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood. - Genesis 9:11 For thousands of years, in different r...

From Phyllis Tickle, Final Sanity: Stories of Lent, Easter, and the Great Fifty Days: Ash Wednesday is probably the one day in the Christian year that has ev...

Written by Christina Villa "On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage." - Matthew 2:11 Many yea...

A pastor-friend of mine, Laurie DeMott, wrote about doing research for an Advent sermon. She read an article entitled, "Countdown to Christmas: 21 Ways to Pr...

At the end of October each year, many church traditions celebrate "All Saints Day", or "Feast of All Saints." For those of us in the Protestant tradition, th...