Easter Every Day, Everywhere

Easter Every Day, Everywhere

Easter establishes its own context as it represents the culmination of the Christian story, and in that regard presents a particular challenge to any preacher. It is the day that asks the most from any of us who would mount a pulpit. The notion of Jesus’ resurrection...
Embracing the “Other”

Embracing the “Other”

As the leader of a caring, spiritual community, I feel called to offer words in response to the mass shooting that occurred in New Zealand a few days ago. Frankly, it is a struggle to bring forward expressions of solace, reassurance, and comfort given that this...
Tuttle and Veterans Memorials

Tuttle and Veterans Memorials

Tuttle and Veterans Memorials Auburn MA November 12, 2018 Written by Dennis Knight, Pakachoag Church   Whether stone or wood, steel or brick, bronze or cement, no monument is as anything apart from the ones whom it memorializes, for it is the lives of service and...
Prayer for Chester P. Tuttle

Prayer for Chester P. Tuttle

Chester P. Tuttle Gravesite Hillside Cemetery, Auburn MA November 1, 2018 Written by Dennis Knight, Pakachoag Church   Oh God, for whom time is a circle and who joins all things past and present and yet to come under the mantle of one watchful, knowing eye, we...
Embracing the “Other”

A Response to Recent Violence

Once again dismaying news of a mass shooting reverberated through the news channels this past weekend. There were actually two events, the one in a Pittsburgh temple which resulted in eleven deaths and several injuries, and a second shooting in a grocery store in...