by Karen Bailey-Francois | Oct 9, 2020 | Minister Notes
The church’s challenge – for roughly the last 2,000 years – has been to be relevant, to speak to people where they are, to offer a word of hope and a measure of guidance, to be faithful to God and to be courageous in the face of circumstances beyond our control. And,...
by Karen Bailey-Francois | Sep 10, 2020 | Minister Notes
I love the Psalms. The poetry. The imagery. The raw humanity of verses drawn from the heights and depths of wonder and despair, happiness, hopefulness, wariness, worry and, consistently, confidence in the ability and willingness of God to understand. The Psalms...
by Cindy Courtney | Jun 18, 2020 | Minister Notes
There’s not a lot of peace to be found these days… despite the broad swaths of separation. Part of that is on us. Who is truly comfortable with this artificial isolation and the suspension of “normal” activity? Ironically, public polls and private conversation reveal...
by Cindy Courtney | Mar 4, 2020 | Minister Notes
George Baumgarten, Michael Doherty and I hosted a brunch at the Parsonage after worship last week. It was for individuals who expressed interest in joining Second Congregational Church. We talked about how each of us had come to be at SCC, where we had come from, our...
by Cindy Courtney | Jan 22, 2020 | Minister Notes
What are we, O God, that you are mindful of us: of our comings, our goings, our minor disasters and our major life events? Who are we, O God, that you care for us: our joys and our sorrows, our courage and our fears, our whole-hearted endeavors and our rapid retreats?...
