Musings and More!
A New You! – a New Year’s Musing
Luke 2:22-40
(originally preached January 1, 2006)
In 1943, a naval engineer by the name of Richard Jones was trying to design a meter that could be used to monitor the horsepower of battleships. One day, he was working with tension springs when one accidentally fell to the [READ MORE]
The Longest Night of the Year
Originally written in 2006 for a “Blue Christmas” service at Tellico Village Community Church
Tonight the earth will come to its winter solstice, and we in the northern hemisphere will experience the shortest day of the year. There will be only about 9 and [READ MORE]
Buying Souls for God
In Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables Jean Valjean, a man convicted of stealing a piece of bread to feed his sister’s starving child, has served nineteen years in prison for the crime. NINETEEN YEARS! Now he is paroled, but society scorns him, making it impossible to earn a living. With no [READ MORE]
And So It Begins – Again!
Advent.
Every year about this time (as the old song goes) Advent arrives in the Christian Church.
It is the season leading up to Christmas, just four weeks long. The word “Advent” derives from a Latin word meaning “coming.” Advent is a time spent preparing for a “coming.” For one thing, we [READ MORE]
Sail on Silvergirl…
Rolling down Interstate 64 today with the XM dishing out hits of the 60’s I found myself singing along with Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Bridge Over Troubled Waters was playing. We sounded great, the three of us, although I thought Art was a bit flat in spots.
When you’re weary, feeling small,
When [READ MORE]
“I Will Sing!”
A Little Sermon About the Power of Song
I believe that singing is really healthy – especially in chaotic times like these. Speaking of chaos, that’s how it was way back at The Beginning. And the story of how to face times like these starts off with a magnificent [READ MORE]
Rest in Peace, Shirley Fischer
by Marty Singley
Shirley Fischer
I was sad to learn yesterday of the passing of my friend Shirley Fischer.
Shirley was an [READ MORE]
“Stop the World, I Want to Get Off!”
A Few Thoughts About Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Brexit…and Globalization
by Marty Singley
I am not a supporter of Donald Trump but many of my friends are. And they are good, normal, respectable people who are not racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, or Islamophobic. The Trump supporters I personally know do not at all [READ MORE]
Do Ants Go to Heaven When They Die?
Great question.
I don’t know the answer. Do you?
I’m not sure anyone knows, at least with any degree of certainty. You can ask an ant if ants go to heaven when they die but I’m pretty sure it will just sort of stare at you and wiggle its antennae like you [READ MORE]
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Churches I’ve Served
Holy Trinity United Methodist Church
Danvers, MA – 1971-74
First Congregational Church (Oldtown)
North Attleboro, MA – 1974-89
Greendale Peoples Church
Worcester, MA – 1989-1996
Tellico Village Community Church
Loudon, TN – 1996-2014