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Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson Whether it’s the well-known writer coming to town for a book signing, or the celebrity songstress arriving at the local arena, expectation fuels anticipation, and ticket sales reach a new high. It’s just a natural happening. A...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson It truly is “the most wonderful time of the year” and this story of the Visit of the Wise Men is yet another lyrical element of the Christmas story. Into the drab stable cave come these Gentile visitors from the Orient richly...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson My calling precludes me from experiencing the stomach-churning fear of a parent dealing with a lost child.  This was the case for Mary and Joseph as Jesus is temporarily lost among the crowds heading home from the Passover...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson Christmas is all about connections.  When you stop and think about it there are many.  There are the personal ones, of course.  And then there are the biblical ones.  The latter come from God the Holy Spirit, and they complete...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson You might hear it in a sales pitch for buying into solar panels. Or in a conversation about a new diet plan.  Or an over- the-fence conversation about a new landscaper.  It’s the question “What should you do now?  Call an 800...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...