Weekly Reflection

Immigration: such a troubling topic in recent days. It's all over the news: a zero-tolerance policy resulting not only in arrests, but with children and families being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. One of the things we want to keep in mind is that many of these families are fleeing for a r...

About three weeks ago, Fed Ex delivered a package to my house. The problem was that it had an entirely different name and address on it. And the address wasn't even in the same town. So I immediately contacted Fed Ex and was told they would pick it up the following day....

As I do each year around this time, I'm at Sandy Cove Ministries in North East, MD for a 2-day Mini-Sabbatical with other ministry leaders, plus I've added one additional day as a "personal retreat". Besides rest and connecting with God, I try to do some sermon planning for the next y...

Carol and Hank, my sister and brother-in-law, own a camper at a resort in Maryland located on the Elk River as it opens onto the Chesapeake Bay. They went down last Wednesday after work for the long holiday weekend, and I was planning to take a day trip, probably on Monday. Th...

Sometimes there is a sight so amazing that you just can't help pulling over on the side of the road to get a good look. Maybe I've simply never been in the right place at the right time before, but I was driving down Almshouse Road toward Richboro this afternoon, and just as I was coming ...

I met the most interesting man a couple of weeks ago. He happened to be the tour guide on an excursion I signed up for in Belize (yes, I was on a cruise and it was a wonderful week!). The name of the excursion was "Lamanai Mayan Ruins and Riverboat Excursion". It consisted of a one hour b...

Below you will find Bishop Peggy Johnson's response dated 5/5/2018 to the recommendation of the Council of Bishops in regard to the work of the "Way Forward" Commission. The Commission was charged with the task of preparing for the special session of General Conference to be held in...

A couple of years ago St. John's had a whole church program that emphasized how much we love our church. We even had t-shirts made that said, "Ask me why I love my church." ...

Once again, our nation is in shock and mourning. A young man with a significant history of mental illness pulled up to a Waffle House Restaurant outside of Nashville, opened fire in the parking lot with his AR-15 assault rifle, then proceeded to enter the restaurant. In the pr...

My heart goes out to those who were on that flight this week that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia due to what is referred to as an uncontained engine failure. My heart also goes out to the family and friends of the passenger who sustained a fatal injury. The description of the ...