Dec 8, 2024 | News & Information
Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson Fans of TCM (Turner Classic Movies) will have no problem imagining the opening fanfare of the Twentieth Century Fox studio productions. The theme is complete with trumpets and searchlight beams reflecting off the call letters. If...
Dec 1, 2024 | News & Information
Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson One contemporary mode of thinking about the two parts of today’s Gospel passage is to call to mind both a “Jumbotron” and a cell phone. For those who need a definition, a “Jumbotron” is a very large monitor screen measured in...
Nov 24, 2024 | News & Information
Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson As I reflected on this weekend’s Scripture ensemble, I suddenly went back to my teaching days, when an assignment would be handed to my students to “Compare and Contrast” two given items. We can do that easily enough with a...
Nov 17, 2024 | News & Information
Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson Two words; six letters are all it takes to know that the movie’s over. If you actually go back to see one in a theater, you know that then the house lights come up; the audience stands and steadily makes its return to reality. ...
Nov 10, 2024 | News & Information
Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson When most of us think of an “observatory” I venture we picture a large domed building erected on a mountain, enclosing a great telescope built to study the stars and planets. Admittedly there are other kinds of observatories used...
Nov 3, 2024 | News & Information
Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson Sometimes in life knowing what questions to ask makes all the difference. Take for example your question to the specialist doctor: “Is my condition life threatening?” Or to the local grocer: “Is this really fresh produce?” Or...
