A Prayer for the Pastor/Preacher/Priest at the Triduum

One of the strange things about being a pastor serving the Church at a council of churches is that I don’t have responsibilities to one particular congregation as their pastor. No one invites a guest preacher in for Palm Sunday or Easter. Yet, I have lovely vantage point to observe and pray for all those …

Status Update on Social Networks & Councils of Churches

National Association of Ecumenical and Interreligious Staff Meeting 2012 Pendle Hill Quaker Retreat Center, Wallingford PA- Monday March 18, 2012 [I was asked to speak briefly about “Sharing Successes, Challenges and Promising Responses to Challenges,” on a panel with Rev. Scott Anderson, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Council of Churches; Mr. Stan Kimer, President of the …

Potato-farming & Resurrection: A sermon for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012

(somehow I forgot to post this in January- enjoy this slightly aged sermon) Wednesday January 24, 2012- Conversion of St. Paul and the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Parish, Needham 1 Corinthians 15: 51-58 and John 12: 23-26 “Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, …