My friends, Ed and Jeff have lost a daughter and a son to suicide. Ed’s daughter, Katie battled bi-polar disorder. Jeff’s son Zach suffered with severe mental illness. Katie was 29 when she died. Zach was 43. Like so many of our family members who suffer, most people don’t have a clue about the extent […]
The Importance of Rituals
At the end of September, I was installed as Settled Pastor in the congregation that I serve, just north of Boston. That same month, my wife was promoted to CPT in the US Army National Guard. For each of these transitions there was ceremony and ritual. There was a laying on of hands for me. […]
Prime Mover
“For I know the plans that I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 “From the point of entryUntil the candle is burnedThe point of departureIs not to returnAnything can happen”Prime Mover – Neil Peart I remember it like […]
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