Last Sunday I preached about Harold Camping’s prediction that Judgment Day is coming on May 21st, 2011. While a part of me didn’t want to give him or his right wing fanaticism any more airtime than he is already getting, the other part of me is convinced that the progressive Christian church must learn how to speak out in the fight over…

Well, after my blog last week I was aware that I have a bit more of a rant inside of me regarding the subject of Bin Laden than I realized. Last week I was trying to be sensitive toward people who personally lost someone on 9/11 and the fact that their feelings and grief are complicated. I understand that some are rejoicing…

Well, it’s all over the news. After 10 years, the wicked witch of terrorism is finally dead. Apparently there are happy people dancing in the streets at various locations around the world. Apparently this is a huge victory for the USA. Apparently this will send a message to terrorists all over the world. Hmm….what exactly is that message? When I heard the…

After the Easter Celebration, I spoke with a young couple who has an 8 year old son. They told me that he is a deep thinker and asks some challenging questions. Recently one of his classmates told him that the world was going to end in 2012 because the Mayans have predicted it. Naturally the boy wanted to know all about the…

This morning as I listened to National Public Radio, I was dismayed to hear of yet another earthquake aftershock in Japan that registered 6.6. A month has passed since the initial quake and tsunami and just when they might be thinking things are settling down, along comes another aftershock and the terror fills them again as it did when it first happened.…

Talitha writes:

Great thanks to the Spiritual Activists committee! Betsy King, Eloise Gilland, Barbara Peters and Jean Gregory worked together to bring the community an experience of Taizé prayer last Wednesday (3/30). It was a quiet, reverent, and peaceful time full of meditative singing and long silence. Many of us found our hearts were opened by the simple time of prayer.

Hello from Talitha!

I’m usually the person behind the posts that show up on our Facebook page.

(http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Montclair-Presbyterian-Church/133926043339703).

This is just a small part of my newly expanded job responsibilities (I changed from 10 hrs/week to 15). I have a long relationship with Facebook – since I was in college, back when you had to be a college student to sign up!

During these 40 days of Lent, the time between Ash Wednesday and Easter, our church is exploring the theme of wilderness. Have you ever been in an actual wilderness? Prevailing wisdom would say that you would do well to have a healthy fear of the realities of wilderness. In other words, be prepared for what might come your way. Be knowledgeable of…

When our daughter came home from school on Friday she mentioned that some of the teenagers at her high school were talking about the Tsunami warning in California. As is often the case with teenagers, it eventually turns into joking and laughing. One of the differences between teenagers and adults is in how we deal with fear. Teenagers tend to laugh while…

One of the authors I have enjoyed immensely over the years is Frederick Buechner. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister and he has a way of writing about life and faith that is poignant, at times funny, and takes one to different depths depending upon the subject. One of his books that I recently picked up from my shelf again is “The…