I'm hosting a family of Robins outside the parsonage. My cat would like to eat them, but they are protected, much like we have the protection of God in ways that we cannot comprehend.

Recently I visited the Warwick Conference Center in Warwick, NY. It was a trip down memory lane and I used to visit to interest a new generation in our congregation in this wonderful place of Christian nurture.

I feel guilty for not taking care of my Godfather. Let us all resolve to care for our veterans even as we mourn and remember our war dead.

There are three generations of ministers in our family. We all were mentored in the faith. Will new generations be mentored well to hear God if God gives them a call as well?

In the movie Forrest Gump, Jenny resists the love of Forrest until she is desperate. Do we resist God's love in the same way?

I got a new secretary this week. God was at work decades ago to bring her to me.

There was a stabbing in Bergenfield. How do we as a village prevent this in the future?

I had the opportunity to speak with three Amish men in my kitchen and learned a bit about Amish culture.