As you prepare to go into the pulpit this week it feels like a lot rides on your message. But let’s remember that our authority comes...

New stained glass window recently installed at The Ntaional Cathedral in Washington DC We believe in partnering with other Progressive...

Summer's Coming....Yeah! Heading into summer, most pastors are weary. We’ve run the gauntlet, by May. Most of us have run several...

Do you remember where you were four years ago today?  March 13, 2024 - is exactly four years since  the COVID 19 pandemic changed life as...

We will be leading worship and preaching at the Tabernacle on Cape Cod, at the Craigville Theological Colloquy on July 7, 2024. 

Looking forward to the Festival of Homiletics in Pittsburgh in May 2024. We will be at a table in the marketplace with our new book.

We will be preaching in Sunday worship at First Church of Christ in Longmeadow at the 10 a.m. worship service, followed by a book discussion

Join us April 4, 2024 at the Boston Public library (Jamaica Plain branch) for a book discussion regarding Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brook

Lots of people wonder why folks are leaving the church. Why aren't churches full? Why don't younger families come? Why do people say the...

The church is small but a livelier sanctuary would be hard to find in any town as people crowd into the pews. This church punches way...

When we interviewed Rev. Dr. Candi Ashenden for our book The Perpetual Pivot: Ministry in the Pandemic and Beyond her creative approach...

“A little child shall lead them.” Yesterday I had my three-year-old granddaughter for the day. It was a day of startling candor and...

Just a year ago this week I came to Appleton for the first time to interview for the position of Interim Senior Pastor. I interviewed...

Last year Peggy and I interviewed fifty pastors about how the pandemic challenged them and changed their churches. Some of the answers...

Easter: One Theory About What Really Happened? Based on my understanding of the culled wisdom of John Dominic Crossen, New Testament...

The hardest part of the Lord’s Prayer is the first word. Jesus bowed his head and said “Abba”. We translate this “Our Father”. But a...

Wisconsin’s Historic Election – April 2023 I am the Senior Minister at the First Congregational Church here in Appleton. I’ve been a...

What is that Bird Doing on a Stick? Maybe when you were singing the first hymn you noticed something over your head sailing through the...

The elephant in the room in churches these days is the PANDEMIC. This one experience changed American churches more profoundly in our...

Everyday Miracles In Boston there is a convent near our house where people take a vow of poverty. They have relationships with different...