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Don’t Forget Jesus! Preaching Tip for 13 August 2017

When you’re preparing your sermon, it doesn’t matter how good your metaphors are if you aren’t tuned into the Holy Spirit’s power. When preparing, don’t forget deep prayer, and to allow the Holy Spirit to direct your sermon.  It’s the ultimate “app”! To access this...
Night’s Bright Darkness

Night’s Bright Darkness

Night’s Bright Darkness: A Modern Conversion Story by Sally Read                                              –Review by Teri Hyrkas Sally Read, health professional, lauded poet and author of the spiritual memoir Night’s Bright Darkness: A Modern...

Context is Everything

A new play “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” was scheduled to debut on Broadway in 1962. In its pre-Broadway tour, it was a disaster. Even though it had the best people behind it (e.g. Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics, George Abbott was...

Pastor’s Prayer for 13 August 2017

Days pass and the years vanish and we walk sightless among miracles. Lord, fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing. Let there be moments when your Presence, like lightning, illumines the darkness in which we walk. Help us to see, wherever we gaze, that...

Summer Music Festivals III

Just an hour and 10 minutes west of Tanglewood is a music festival of an entirely different artistic vision. Both festivals include incredible musicians, but the Bard Music Festival in Annandale-on-Hudson’s programming focus features just one composer each summer. The...