For the past couple of years or so, God has been impressing on my mind a subject that I want to share with you. I had written about this subject once before (1/10/25 if you want to check your archives!), but now I would like to explore this subject further. And the subject is (are you sitting down?) the…
From the Interim Pastor’s Desk: It’s truly a pleasure and a privilege to be with the First Congregational Church in Hanson, and to walk The Congregational Way with you during this interim period. The point of the “First Friday Ferverino” is to share my thoughts with you, and highlight some of the important aspects of…
What does it mean to be “called” by God? This has been on my mind of late as I am a member of the Search Committee at our church to find a new settled pastor. And I’ll share a little secret, I did not have a clue, and maybe still don’t, about how much work is involved. Perhaps the…
“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.“ [John 8:36] “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.“ [John 8:31b-32] “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is…
How remiss I would be if I didn’t recognize the importance of today’s date, the 25th (can you believe it) anniversary of the attack on our country on 9/11/01. It is proper if we took a moment to remember the almost 3000 innocent Americans who perished on that day……….. Signs were erected stating “We will never forget”. …
“The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. The comedian says the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.” My point? Your outlook on life is informed by how you look at things. Do you view life from an optimistic or pessimistic viewpoint? If you’re a news…
Last Sunday I had the great privilege and honor to be one of the speakers at the retirement celebration for Pastor Peter Smith and his wife Carol. They have faithfully served our church for 12 years, and the appreciation of all of the attendees to them was evident. I was struck by something that I wanted to highlight…
Here are verses that you can pass on to someone you know who think of themselves more highly than they ought (and don’t we all know at least one of those people!): “As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and…
Do you remember the first job you wanted to have? I do. I thought, as a 6-year-old, that the best job in the world would be as the owner of a jellybean company. That way, I could have all the jellybeans I wanted, and no one could stop me. I was the owner. After several decades I knew that wasn’t…
The miracles that Jesus performed must have amazed everyone who witnessed them. He opened the eyes of the blind, He caused the deaf to hear, He healed the crippled, He fed thousands of people with meager resources. But unarguably the most amazing miracles people witnessed were when He raised the dead to life: “When he had said this, Jesus…