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Respite

August 11th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

As a component of your summertime respite, I invite you to try a small discipline each day for the next week. (I strongly recommend doing this seven days in a… Read More

Actuarial tables…

August 4th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

Turning 65 this month, I’ve been checking actuarial tables. My 95-year-old father told me at his recent birthday celebration that when he retired at 62, his retirement advisors were working… Read More

On mentors

July 28th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

I promise I won’t indulge in this too often, but I feel the need to comment on the state of the national political scene, and in particular, the astonishing conduct… Read More

Family Reunion

July 21st, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

I happen to be attending a seaside family reunion celebrating my father’s 95th birthday. Though not an especially large family (e.g. my 2 brothers and I only have one cousin)… Read More

A Fourth of July Holiday Meditation…

June 30th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

Do you believe you have an unalienable right to happiness? – A question that comes to mind for the 4th of July given the famous phrase from our Declaration of… Read More

Several quick things…

June 23rd, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

First, a reminder that our summer worship schedule begins this Sunday with services at 9:00 & 10:30 a.m. through Labor Day weekend. We return to our normal schedule September 10th.… Read More

A shout out to fatherhood…

June 16th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

This year I can’t resist joining the Hallmark marketing moment courtesy of fathers. Likely I’m motivated by grandfather-hood, and by observing how my daughter and son-in-law are managing the early… Read More

It will be hard…

June 2nd, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

It will be hard, I know.  But you owe it to yourself, your well-being, and the well-being of those you love, too.  I don’t know why it’s so hard, really,… Read More

Abounding Grace and Gratitude

May 19th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

One response to our current national malaise has us throwing up our hands in frustration believing there’s nothing to be done to move our national program forward. Another has us… Read More

Transparency

April 28th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

In 1905, Albert Schweitzer turned from his well-established and highly accomplished career in philosophy, music, and theology to medicine so that he could work in Africa on behalf of the… Read More