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My husband Brad’s birthday is at the end of October. And rather than declare just that day for his birthday, he has, for as long as I’ve known him, declared the entire month of October as his birthday month. Fortunately, for me, he doesn’t expect a gift every day, but he does rave continually about how wonderful his birthday month is: how beautiful the weather is, how wonderful the colors of the trees are, or how nice the autumn rain is for the one or two days it rains. And h

“You’ve got spunk” is a classic line spoken by newsroom editor Lou Grant to Mary Richards as she interviewed for a job at WJM-TV, channel 12, in Minneapolis. Mary Richards, star of the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore show, takes this as a compliment. To which Lou Grant replies: “I hate spunk”. Mary got the job anyway. I just returned from the Maine Conference UCC’s Annual Meeting held at Pilgrim Lodge where instead of the 600 people who used to attend 20 years ago there were 174

Do You Have A Church or a Club? By The Reverend Walt Hampton, J.D., CFC Transitional Associate Conference Minister for Judicatory Ministries The congregation found itself in turmoil. Someone new had begun attending worship; someone with a difficult, storied past. Some members were deeply uncomfortable. A few threatened to leave. Others demanded that before this person could join the congregation, they’d need to stand up, confess their sins, and ask for forgiveness before bein

This past weekend was our Confirmation Retreat up at Horton Center. Every person in our gathered community engaged in wonderful...

Stop The Madness We Must Reach Across The Chasm By The Reverend Walt Hampton, J.D., CFC A Nation at the Breaking Point Charlie Kirk is...

It’s been hard to know what to say or do or even feel since Charlie Kirk was assassinated. We all know this is a tragedy and shouldn’t...