As with all birth, the birth of Christian faith was a messy business. This new religious movement emerged in fits and starts, through many detours, mistakes, misunderstandings, and (in the language of ...

I was driving into church and I put in a cassette tape of the song “Mercy Came Running.” I arrived at the worship center and went up to my office, did a little preparation and came down to the stage.

Over twenty years ago I arrived as the Parish Priest of St John's Bovey Tracey in the diocese of Exeter, and was there for eleven happy years. Almost next door to St John's was the Roman Catholic ...

Today we hear Luke’s account of Jesus’ baptism. The surrounding passages can help to contextualize the Gospel and reflect on its significance as the birth of Jesus’ public ministry. The beginning of ...

This Sunday, Christians are celebrating the feast of the Baptism of the Lord Jesus; with the following readings for meditation: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17.

DUMMERSTON -- Worship at the Dummerston Congregational Church in Dummerston Center begins at 10 a.m. for the months of January, February and March. The scripture lesson this Sunday is Matthew 3: 13-17 ...

BRATTLEBORO -- Morning worship will begin at 10:15 on Sunday, Jan. 11, at Centre Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. The Rev. Sandy Daly's sermon will be titled "Defining Moments," about ...