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January 20th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

For more than twelve years, I provided commentary on WCBS NewsRadio on topics under the banner of “Simple Truths: on Values, Civility and Our Common Good,” eventually collected into a… Read More

On love…

January 13th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

If you were to ask Melissa—to whom I’ve now been married for 40 years—she would tell you that I have a pathetic inability to find things around the apartment. In… Read More

Affirmation

January 6th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

Many years ago when my kids were still in school, I attended a softball game in which my daughter was playing second base. I’m thinking she must have been in… Read More

CONCOURSE HOUSE – Winter Love Gift Drive sponsored by C&F and Youth ministries begins January 15th!

January 4th, 2017 by Kathryn Carroll

Will you be their Valentine? Our gift drive for the residents at Concourse House will begin next Sunday, January 15th. Sign up at Coffee Hour to purchase pajamas for a… Read More

Advent Reflection – Christmas Day

December 25th, 2016 by Stephen Bauman

Like a Child The Rev. Dr. Stephen Bauman Our program in Washington Heights, El Nido (The Nest), has begun well.  We’ve attracted a fast-growing roster of young mothers with children… Read More

Advent Reflection – Christmas Eve

December 24th, 2016 by Brian Pinter

Like a Child Brian Pinter “Like a child and a friend Jesus comes.” In the seasons of Advent and Christmas, I often contemplate the fact that Jesus did not come… Read More

Advent Reflection – Twenty-Seventh Day of Advent

December 23rd, 2016 by Leslie Houseworth-Fields

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Scroll down for to view the hymn and listen to the audio. The Rev. Leslie Houseworth-Fields These words from the 15th century German hymn “Lo,… Read More

Advent Reflection – Twenty-Sixth Day of Advent

December 22nd, 2016 by Kathryn Carroll

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Scroll down for to view the hymn and listen to the audio. Kathryn Carroll The rose was a pre-Christian symbol of veneration and since, became… Read More

Advent Reflection – Twenty-Fifth Day of Advent

December 21st, 2016 by Chad Gurley

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Scroll down for to view the hymn and listen to the audio. Chad Gurley “Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling… Read More

Advent Reflection – Twenty Fourth Day of Advent

December 20th, 2016 by Mickey Correa

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Scroll down for to view the hymn and listen to the audio. Pastor Mickey Correa The festive echo of the coming holiday season is riddled… Read More