Rev Bill

Tomorrow is the Baptism Of The Lord Sunday — the first Sunday after Epiphany when many churches celebrate the Baptism of Jesus by John The Baptist.
All 4 Gospels have records of this event (Matthew 3:13-17, Mark 1:9-11, Luke 3:21-22, John 1:29-34.) Many use this day as a time for remembering the importance of their baptism, [...]

Happy Halloween!
I probably don’t have to tell you that today is Halloween — a day when we normally think about ghosts and goblins — witches and vampires. 
It actually all began with saints!
You may be thinking — what do saints have to do with Halloween?Well, it was the idea of honoring saints that began [...]

For this Day of Pentecost, I offer a prayer from my faith tradition — a Litany For Pentecost from the Book Of Common Worship of the Presbyterian Church (USA)

Christ has gathered the church in unity through the Spirit. With sure hope, let us pray: Lord, hear our prayer. Maker of all things, in the beginning, [...]

Dan Brown’s book The Da Vinci Code has been a book of contriversy since it’s publication, and with the the upcoming release of the movie on May 19 the controversy rages even more strongly.
The book makes the claim that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had children - and that the Catholic [...]

St. Polycarp of Smyrna was a second century Christian martyr — killed because he refused to confess that Caesar was his lord.
Vernon Boyles raises a question in an interesting article in this month’s Presbyterians Today — what is the church doing today to “unmask the idolatries” in today’s society?
Here is a portion of [...]