Archive for February 2011
Book Review: Vinegar Hill
Posted by: revjmk on: February 28, 2011
Vinegar Hill, by A. Manette Ansay, Harper Collins, 1994, 240 pp. In the novel, I don’t recall Ansay describing the house on Vinegar Hill as overcast and shrouded in fog, but that’s the only way I could imagine it. This book felt heavy from beginning to end. The home, the story, the family were so [...]
Sermon Sapling: Epiphany 8A — In the Palm of God’s Hand
Posted by: revjmk on: February 27, 2011
Highlighted Passage: Isaiah 49:8-16 Speaking in God’s voice, Isaiah writes: “I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.” It’s such a familiar, ordinary kind of image. “I won’t forget—see? I wrote it down right here on my hand.” What do you [...]
Sermon Sapling: Epiphany 7A — Building on the Foundation
Posted by: revjmk on: February 17, 2011
Highlighted Passage: 1 Corinthians 3:10-23 I have always been fascinated by the construction of cathedrals. In the Middle Ages, when the cardinals of Europe were competing with one another to build the most magnificent edifice, craftsmen and laborers used the simplest of tools to build these spectacular buildings. Construction provided employment for hundreds, if not [...]
Book Review: Leadership for Vital Congregations
Posted by: revjmk on: February 16, 2011
Leadership for Vital Congregations, by Anthony B. Robinson, Pilgrim Press, 2006, 128 pp. This is a book I wish I had found and read a long time ago–even before 2006, when it was first published. Over the last five years, I have been engaged in leading a church through a time of major change. I [...]
Book Review: Bee Season
Posted by: revjmk on: February 11, 2011
Bee Season, by Myla Goldberg, Anchor Books, 2000, 275 pp. It’s hard to describe this book concisely. The best I can say is that Bee Season is the story of a family unraveling—the unraveling of a little girl’s innocence, the unraveling of relationships between family members, the unraveling of religious faith, the unraveling of a [...]
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I am a full-time pastor in the United Church of Christ, mother of a preschooler (B.), married to an aspiring academic and curmudgeon (J.). I live by faith, intuition and intellect. I follow politics, football and the Boston Red Sox. I like to talk about progressive issues, theological concerns, church life, the impact of technology and media, pop culture and books.
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