Category: reflections

– a reflection by Rev. John Wilson, from his weekly email blast – Robert Coles writes, “My Momma told me: remember that you are put here on earth only for a few seconds of God’s time, and He’s testing you. He doesn’t want answers, though. He wants you to know how to ask the right […]

– a reflection by Rev. John Wilson, from his weekly email blast – And how are you doing with the Lenten Challenge to fast from negativity? “Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is useful for building up so that your words may give grace to those who hear.” (Ephesians […]

– a reflection by Rev. John Wilson, from his weekly email blast – The Christian tradition marks the beginning of Lent with ashes placed on one’s forehead in the sign of the cross. Ashes are chosen because they convey two meanings. One is that ashes are the symbol of our morality. At the funeral service […]

 – a reflection by Rev. John Wilson, from his weekly email blast – Here’s a thought that captured my attention. On the spur of the moment Martha Reese once asked a group of clergy, “What difference does it make in your own life that you are a Christian?” The response was silence. Loud silence. Martha was […]

– a reflection by Rev. John Wilson, from our weekly email blast – The church year begins with Advent, which comprises the four Sundays before Christmas. It’s the time to “let every heart prepare Him room” that Christ may “be born in us” anew. One of the ways we prepare our homes is by decorating […]

– a reflection by Rev. John Wilson, from our monthly publication – I’d like to share it with you something from Rev Henry Van Dyke entitled “Keeping Christmas”: “There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas. “Are you willing… to forget what you have done for other […]