7/10/24

GOD AND GARDENS Francis Bacon was not only Lord Chancellor of England under King James I, but in 1625 wrote the essay Of Gardens. He begins, “God Almighty first planted…

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6/5/24

LIVING WITH THE RHYTHM OF LIGHT AND DARK Earlier this week, our neighbors needed a ride to Bradley to catch a flight to visit their new grandbaby in California and…

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5/29/24

CATCHING THE WIND OF THE SPIRIT “Rounds of fierce storms swept over Texas and the southern Plains on Tuesday,” the news report began, “uprooting trees, overturning semi-trucks, damaging buildings and…

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5/15/24

PENTECOST AND FIRE AWARENESS One of humankind’s first and greatest achievements was mastering fire, learning to control and harness potentially destructive power for human good. Almost all the technological innovations…

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5/8/24

UP, UP, AND AWAY On Sunday, 12 May, we observe the feast of the Ascension that celebrates the end of Jesus’ resurrection appearances and his ascending to heaven. Ascension itself…

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4/10/24

DOES EAST LONGMEADOW NEED A HOG REEVE? This week I couldn’t resist reading a story in the Boston Globe that had the headline - “Pork and politics: Towns offer sweet…

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