Inclusive, Child Cherishing, Outreach and Mission Minded
Dear Friends and Members of Union Church,
I write with some news on our journey of transition. This past week I accepted a call to be the Interim Senior Pastor of United Church of Christ in New Brighton, MN. My ministry there will commence on Sunday, April 23. My last day with you will be Easter Sunday, April 9. Learn More
The murder of George Floyd, as yet another life lost in far too long of a line of murders of our Black siblings, is shattering. It is deplorable how, in Learn More
On most Sundays as many of us are milling around greeting and catching up with old friends and making new ones, there comes the tick of 10:00 and with it Learn More
At the Union Church in Waban, the Scripture Passages that are read during worship most often come from a pre-selected collection of readings called the Lectionary. There are two lectionary Learn More
I left the church early last Monday so that I could be home for the eclipse. I wasn’t initially as excited about it as some. We have friends and family who had Learn More
Dear Beloved of Union Church, It has been a heartrending week in our country. We’ve seen threats of nuclear war; terrible violence and hatred displayed by the KKK, neo-Nazis, and Learn More
The local playground near the pool where I swim was recently redone. It was long overdue. The previous structures were already old when I first visited the grounds as a Learn More
For at least the last 25 years, an old alarm clock radio has sat beside my bed. The radio part stopped working long ago, but the bright red, glowing digital Learn More
“Who do you say that I am?” This is the whopper of a question Jesus poses to his disciples, and through them, us, in the scripture passage we’ll explore this Sunday Learn More
There is a well-known prayer that is ascribed to Teresa of Avila, who was a 16th century Carmelite nun, and a mystic, reformer and writer. The prayer goes like this: Learn More