Read the Lectionary Texts   Heaven. Where is it? What is it like? Are you going there? What comes to mind when you think of “heaven”? As a child, I was taught that heaven is “up there.” And “up there” in heaven, God – with flowing robes and a big bushy white beard – sits on a golden throne. Jesus, God’s Son, is seated at the right hand of God, and all around are the angels – flying and singing and playing their harps. And from the great throne room “up there” in heaven, God watches all of life [READ MORE]

A Creative "First-Person" Sermon about Jacob The Rev. Dr. R. Tim Meadows, Sr. Pastor of The Protestant Community Church, Medford Lakes, NJ     Read the Lectionary Texts   I have lived and struggled with this name for too long. It has been a burden. Jacob, the trickster, the younger of my parent’s twins. Favored by my mother, but not my father. Likely hated by my brother, from whom I negotiated the birthright of our family. You know my story. Like others in my family and in my time, most of you have an opinion of me that is [READ MORE]