New Life

New Life

Fall colors and tombstones are reminders that “there is a season for every purpose under heaven”. Life is filled with beginnings and endings. Generations of our ancestors have struggled through their personal stories with their hopes and dreams ending up beneath some...
Journeying Through the Mist

Journeying Through the Mist

The Captain gave the order. The day was promising, the forecast favorable. The sun was burning it’s way through lifting fog. All information pointed to a good sailing day. So the sails were hoisted. Decision making is a familiar, daily but complicated process although...
The Grace of Sun and Rain

The Grace of Sun and Rain

As this storm blows across the Camden hills and down Penobscot Bay, rain will fall indiscriminately on those in its path, a reminder of a statement Christ made in his inaugural sermon: “God makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and...
Catching Sight of Grace…

Catching Sight of Grace…

In Psalm 19, the Psalmist compares creation and sacred Scripture as unique and powerful revelations of God’s magnificence and loving care. Creation touches the soul without sound or words; Scripture enlightens the mind and revives the soul with God’s words. “The...