Our Hymn of the Week for this week is O Day of Peace, which was written in 1982 by Carl P. Daw, who has composed many contemporary hymns, and for many years ran an outfit called The Hymn Society, which I suppose only makes sense. The hymn is based broadly on Isaiah 11, and the promise that there will come a day when wolf shall lie down with the lamb, and the world will know perfect peace and justice. Which is a lovely sentiment, and Daw adapts Isaiah well, but, inspiring an

As we all know there's been a lot that's happened to our church and the world recently, and I suppose I could write about some of that, but instead, I'm going to tell you about something far more important: Coyote vs. Acme! It's the heartwarming story of a single coyote who takes on the world's largest--and most shameless--corporation. The coyote, of course, is Wile E. Coyote, and while you might think the shameless corporation is some social media company, it is in fact the

As you all know, My Father passed away a couple of years ago, and it turns out that he left his three kids a pretty good-sized inheritance. Not enough to retire and buy a villa in the South of France, or anything like that, but still, a bit more money than any of us kids expected to get. And in thinking about what I could do with some of this money, I thought I might invest it in the church’s future, which would, of course, mean that I was investing it in my future as well.

Unlike most observance of the Church Year, whose origins are lost in the mists of time, Christ the King is an observance whose origin you...

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This morning I had the honor of representing our church (and all of Kent's churches, now that I think about it) at this year's Veteran's...

A Book Worth Reading: Dear Mr. Brown, by Henry Emerson Fosdick Although he is not very well remembered today, Henry Emerson Fosdick...