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March 16, 2025 – 2nd Sunday of Lent Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson So, Mary says to Megan as Bob says to Bill after Megan and Bill have been dieting: “Boy you sure look good!  What kind of plan have you been on?”   It’s a natural reaction to seeing a real...

March 9, 2025 – 1st Sunday of Lent Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson Climate change is a nagging issue of our time that resists dismissal. Of course it has little impact on most of our daily lives. It is an objective idea, outside us, and we don’t usually give it...

March 23, 2025 – 3rd Sunday of Lent Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson If you like to gamble in an ocean side locale, Atlantic City, New Jersey is your place to be. I live not far from there now in retirement. In recent years, gleaming new hotels have risen on the...

March 2, 2025 – 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson I truly believe that a turning point in one’s life comes when one adds a cardiologist to the list of one’s doctors. I have had one for nine years now. Call it a sign that, in golfing...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson Expansion, like many words and ideas, can have multiple and quite disparate meanings. Often this is the source of good humor. When we think of the expansion long ago by then President Thomas Jefferson in making the Louisiana...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson You’ve most likely seen the scene. In a dark room sits a group of diverse people around a covered table with a crystal ball in its center. The group leader, a female with heavy eye makeup and long fingernails darkly painted,...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson If you were to research the notion of “The Peter Principle” you would find it is ultimately just a theory first recognized by a Canadian educator named Dr. Laurence J. Peter. Admittedly light in his proposal, he wrote that in any...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson You may know the long-running TV series ‘Law and Order’ and its trademark ‘plink plunk’ sound between scenes. Each show featured an incident of law violation followed by the court trial. Evidently a winning formula as the...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson At whatever age we may be, certain words set up a certain excitement within us. This certainly occurs when we hear “Once upon a time.” We “sit up,” as it were, and start to pay attention. The story may be familiar to us, and...

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...