A new year has arrived, quietly and without asking our permission.None of us really knows what 2026 will hold. Some absolutely wonderful things will happen – moments of laughter we couldn’t have plann...  Read More

W. H. Auden begins his Christmas Oratorio with a line that feels almost too honest for church. “Well, so that is that.” Christmas has come and gone. The tree comes down. Leftovers linger. We return to...  Read More

One of the gifts – and challenges – of Advent is that it asks us to slow down and pay attention just as everything around us speeds up. Calendars fill. To-do lists grow. The world urges us to hurry to...  Read More