You Do You: A Sermon on Christian Jealousy

Preached Sunday March 8, 2015 at the First Congregational Church of Dudley, MA on behalf of an Ecumenical Lenten Service for the Dudley, Webster & Oxford clergy association. Mark 9: 38-41 Sometimes jealousy creeps up on you. Yesterday, I went into our local coffee shop in Boston- the kind of place full of young families …

The other Good Samaritan

The other Good Samaritan: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2015 Friday January 24, 2015 Assumption College, Worcester Sunday January 25, 2015 Union Baptist Church, New Bedford  John 4: 1-42 It happens now every time I see him. I have a wonderful, kind, and wise colleague. We don’t see one another often, but every time I …

The Bicyclist and the Bishop, from the Door Zone

by Rev. Laura Everett In urban cycling, there is a section of the road called “the door zone.” If you ride your bike close to parked cars (but out of moving traffic), you are liable to get hit by a motorist opening a car door into you. Conversely, if you ride close to the moving traffic …