Preached by Rev. Ree Hale May 27, 2007 Text: Acts 2: 1-21 As a child I didn’t know that Memorial Day had to do with war. My grandmother, mother, older brother and I would walk to get the bus (or my aunt would come get us in her car) and we’d go downtown to Schenectady, [...]
UP FROM’THE MUD-ABUNDANT AMPHIBIANS
May 23, 2007 By
UP FROM’THE MUD-ABUNDANT AMPHIBIANS By Jim Hale (from Snow Fleas to Snowflakes: Notes from a Natural World, p. 30-31). This is the latest essay in our monthly series featuring the writing of ORUCC member Jim Hale, who wrote nature columns for the Friends of the Arboretum Newsleaf newsletter for many years. These writings are reprinted [...]
Embracing Paradox
May 20, 2007 By
Preached on May 20th by the Rev. Winton Boyd Text: John 21:15-19 I know the last snow storm we had occurred on April 11, because that was the day I drove to Chicago’s O’Hare airport to pick up guest pastor Joerg Utpatel. In the morning before leaving, I was cursing the skies and watching the [...]
The Farmer at Work
May 13, 2007 By
Preached by Rev. Tammy Martens on May 13, 2007 Text: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Before moving to Madison, I served at a very small rural church west of Reedsburg, Wisconsin. My first spring there I decided I wanted to grow a garden. I didn’t have very much experience with gardening, but felt inspired or maybe culturally [...]
