Each Generation Calls to the Next

By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  July 03, 2025

In this new season of life—early into retirement with grown adult children fully into charting their careers and raising children, I’ve found myself reviewing my own life and that review includes a perusal of parenting.

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The Lessons of Lent

By Reverend Bobbie McKay, Ph.D.  •  April 01, 2021

Each year as Lent approaches, I experience the same dilemma. What shall I do about Lent?

A Never-Ending Lent?

By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  March 29, 2021

Christians approach the Lenten season and typically enter into a time of prayer, fasting, and the making of special offerings (sometimes called “alms”). We might “give..

We Remember

By Rev. Catherine Lawrence  •  March 18, 2021

I was born, raised and have lived my entire life near Lake Erie. The fourth-smallest of the Great Lakes has a majestic shoreline that extends across the state and north..

Wrestling In Lent

By Rev. John Gantt  •  March 11, 2021

When I reflect on growing up and Lenten experience, I think of Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. I didn’t always understand Lent as described in these words:

Inscribed

By Rev. Rebecca S. King  •  March 04, 2021

For years, I longed for a child. Due to health concerns, I was unable to have a baby for years - yet, I remained hopeful that one day a child would enter my life. I held..

Dance On

By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  February 26, 2021

Through the remaining five weeks of this Lenten season, we will be reflecting on daily scripture readings. Each blog writer will reflect on their experiences alongside..

A Different Kind of Lent

By Rev. Dr. Kenneth Daniel  •  February 19, 2021

The contrasts of Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday are deeply engrained in many Christians. New Orleans, the home of that most American rendition of Mardi Gras, announced..

The Power of a “Broken-Open Heart”

By Rev. Catherine Lawrence  •  February 11, 2021

We begin February by reflecting on American Heart Month. The heart is command central, sending oxygen and blood pulsating through all the systems of the body. Its..

The Capacity To Create Community

By Reverend Bobbie McKay, Ph.D.  •  February 04, 2021

As we continue this series around the concepts of Parker Palmer’s Five Habits to Heal the Heart of Democracy, Rev. Bobbie McKay, Ph.D., reflects on the capacity to..