Derek Black authored a book called Dangerous Learning: the South’s Long War on Black Literacy raising the question - is the current state government policy on book banning a continuation…
Researchers tell us that bats are highly social animals who tend to argue a lot with each other. In many churches this is Saint Francis Sunday so we will spend…
Is honesty always the best policy? In February our minister gave a sermon called Binki Busts Up the Patriarchy. In this Sunday’s sermon he returns to the 236 pages of…
We don’t usually associate Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol with the High Holy Days of the Jewish Calendar. However, this year the ghost of Jacob Marley will come early to help…
The Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814. On the eve of that anniversary let’s contemplate the question - do we need a new…
Are you happy with life, the universe and everything? Or do you have some complaints? Some religious traditions teach that we should never question or challenge God. However the Hebrew…
The Reverend Joseph Smith of New Friendship Church in Lonsdale once asked the question, “Can fresh water come from old wells?” This Sunday we will have our annual water communion…
“There is no better description for what electrons do than dancing,” wrote Ella Frances Sanders. The dance of subatomic particles in the microcosm is a reminder of the dance of…
The mystics lift up the value of silence. “Nothing is so much like God as stillness,” wrote Meister Eckhart. We all need times of quiet built into our lives. However…
In Southern culture there is a lot of emphasis on politeness, good manners and being nice. However, being nice is not always the same thing as being good. This Sunday…