60 years ago…On Sunday, March 25, 1962, people gathered in the basement bar of the VFW in Chalfont for worship… yes, worship in a bar.  Before the people assembled, several of the men had come to complete their Sunday morning ritual- clearing away empty beer bottles and wiping down the bar from the revelry of Saturday night.  The children rushed in, eager to claim one of the coveted stools at the ...  Read More

Miracles… Some pray for miracles, but most do not believe that miracles still happen.  Perhaps miracles happened back when Jesus walked on the earth, but we fear that those days are past.  Some believe that the miracles of the Bible are just fantastic additions interjected by zealous followers into the story of a great moral teacher.  Even those of us who pray, are hesitant to pray for miracles fo...  Read More

From the somber imposition of ashes to the most joyful celebration of the church year, the 40-day journey of Lent offers an opportunity to deepen in faith.  Lent is a season full of traditions that many of us observe, but few truly understand.  So today… I offer a few fun facts about the season of Lent:The 40-days of Lent begin on Ash Wednesday and conclude on the Saturday before Easter.  If you t...  Read More

Today we feast… because tomorrow Lent begins… That  is how  the letter  I  wrote  last  week began.  I  was trying  to  work ahead so  that  I could  go on vacation  without  the ministry  skipping a beat, so I  wrote  my Tuesday letter  for  March 1st on February 22nd .  Great idea,  right?  But then  the world  exploded, literally.  Bombs  dropping on schools  and apartments… parents and childre...  Read More

Twos-Day… 2-22-22…What a fun conjunction of numbers!  At 2:22 pm on 2-22-22, I will be at the Philadelphia Airport waiting to board a plane to California to visit our daughter.  I wonder how many of you will pause at that moment to note that long string of 2’s.  There is nothing magical about such a confluence of 2’s… it’s just a novelty.  Much like the fact that today’s letter is #100.  I can’t b...  Read More

In December, I was given an Amaryllis.  Some of you are familiar with this fascinating plant.  Others of you heard about it for the first time in my Tuesday letter on December 21st.  In that letter, I marveled at the directions that came with the plant: “No care needed.”  How could that be?  How could a plant thrive without water or soil?  The directions said that all that I needed to do was place...  Read More