Hope for a Xanax Nation
As the year whimpers to a close many feel it can’t happen soon enough. Good riddance 2017! But, oh my, here comes 2018… It’s not as though we’re starting off⦠Read More
As the year whimpers to a close many feel it can’t happen soon enough. Good riddance 2017! But, oh my, here comes 2018… It’s not as though we’re starting off⦠Read More
Rev. Dr. Stephen Bauman On Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Christ with prayer, feasting, and great merriment. But, most of all, we experience it in our hearts. For, more⦠Read More
December 21st Rev. Dr. Stephen Bauman And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without⦠Read More
December 18th Rev. Dr. Stephen Bauman At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother⦠Read More
December 16th Rev. Dr. Stephen Bauman As we celebrate yet another Christmas, we want to thank the Almighty God whose blessings and guidance have steered us through challenging moments. Our⦠Read More
As a bit of Advent distraction, entertainment and, ironically, contemplation, I offer you an old chestnut of the Beat Generation of poets (1950’s-60’s) by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. (Born in 1919, Wikipedia⦠Read More
Something has been nagging at me for a long while: Where has the aspiration for growing in character run off to? Why is there no public conversation about virtue or⦠Read More
December 3rd The Rev. Dr. Stephen Bauman For the great human family it is necessary to renew always the common horizon toward which we are journeying. The horizon of hope! This is⦠Read More
Over the years I have heard many persons say that as far as holidays are concerned, Thanksgiving is their favorite. They cite the general lack of obligation overload. They say⦠Read More
I’ve been thinking about the opioid crisis. It’s awful. The statistics are overwhelming: opioids are the leading cause of death for Americans under 50 years old, killing roughly 64,000 people⦠Read More