Read about December's Spiritual Challenge
After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.
~ English author, Philip Pullman
Much of this congregational year our Sunday services and other events have focused on stories: our own stories, the story of our congregational history, stories from … read more.
No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again. ~ Buddha
We say goodbye to another year of challenge and celebration! 2022 reminded us that Covid still lurks around corners and we are still in a liminal time of waiting for a feeling … read more.
The Rev. Kathleen Rudoff
Published in The Danbury News Times, Dec. 3, 2022
I have been inundated of late with emails and social media ads from companies claiming to have the perfect gift that I … read more.
May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility. ~
Mary Anne Em Radmacher
In my household we tend to look at the end of the year as a time to reflect on all we have to be … read more.
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. ~ Eckhart Tolle
Just a couple of years ago, my husband Phil and I wrote and published a series of gratitude journals. We did this because both of us experienced … read more.
We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
~ Joseph Campbell
I am thrilled about the numerous exciting things coming up in the new congregational year. Many of those things … read more.
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
It’s … read more.
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
~ Louis L’Amour
Our first year of ministry together is coming to completion. It has been quite a year, hasn’t it? And we have done some good … read more.
Your vocation in life comes from where our greatest joy meets the world’s greatest need.
~ Frederick Buechner
I love this quote from theologian Frederick Buechner. But I don’t limit its impact to vocation. It’s a great motivation for congregational life as well. While our … read more.
Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness.
~ Dalai Lama
April is a month where we’re never quite sure what we’re going to get. It might be sunny and 70 degrees, or it might offer a last blast … read more.
