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Cazenovia, NY 13035
In many respects, 2009 has been a challenging year for us. I think we are all ready to let it go and like Anne of Green Gables, start a new year “fresh, with no mistakes in it.” My prayer is that 2010 will be a new beginning for all of us.
We have [...]
This Sunday we will be celebrating all our students, and their families, who are graduating from high school, college and various graduate programs. Like all life’s milestones, this graduation will be filled with both celebration and grief. Celebration because the work is successfully done and achievements acknowledged; and grief because goodbyes need [...]
I have been experiencing a great deal of gratitude of late for the church that you are. The source of my admiration comes out of your struggle to continue your outreach efforts in spite of the worst economic situation most of us have ever seen and its concomitant reduction of income from the [...]
Last week I went through yet another of life’s rights of passage. Gigi, the name Saunda gave to our new Garmin GPS, routed me through Syracuse to the Federal Building. After parking the car, I went to pay the attendant. He motioned for me to insert my card into a machine and I [...]
Easter is a wonderful event celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We may get a little (or maybe a lot) annoyed with all the commercial hype and selling associated with this religious holiday, but we will be reminded that for many Easter is a time to celebrate the [...]
In today’s busy world it is a blessing to be reminded of the need for and to actually participate in a time of personal reflection. On Ash Wednesday, February 25th, we are invited by the season of Lent to enter into the desert and do just that.
Lent means “fortieth day” and points us to [...]
In reflecting on 2008, it is an understatement to say that it was a difficult year. It will most likely go down in history as the year the “mortgage crisis” hit our economy triggering a global financial crisis, as well as, the year we elected our first African-American President. Before long the chronological [...]
Though only one day is really involved, Thanksgiving Day makes November a month of thanksgiving. In the crowd I hang out with, the cry “Happy Turkey Day!” elicits feelings of thanksgiving, as well as, anticipation of a splendid repast awaiting everyone as we sit down with family and/or friends to share a sumptuous meal. [...]
