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One of the many unique honors of living in the State of Vermont — in deep contrast to my recently departed Virginia — is the New England tradition of the Town Meeting. Now, if you’ve moved here to Vermont from outside of New England, you may only be familiar with “town meetings” as they happ…

When I get up in the morning and look in the bathroom mirror I see this wild-haired old guy with wrinkled face and bleary eyes, and sometimes I laugh. What a train-wreck! Do I love him? Do you love him? Does God love him?

March 4 is National Pound Cake Day, National Dance the Waltz Day, Marching Music Day, and National Hug a G.I. Day, among others. As you do your best to waltz with a G.I., pound cake in hand, to John Philip Sousa, keep in mind that today is also Holy Experiment Day. As a student and teacher o…

It was recently shared with me that Feb. 15 was Singles Awareness Day — an unofficial holiday meant to lift up all those who don’t find themselves romantically entangled on Valentine’s. And while I’m sure many people will remind me how Singles Awareness is a wonderful way to celebrate famili…

Recently I was streaming an episode of Relative Race on TV. Shawn, age 33, who had been adopted at 18 months, met his brother Kevin, age 30, for the very first time. Kevin told about feeling abandoned because almost every member of his family had died. Shawn, holding his new-found only broth…

Sunday service at 10 a.m. in-person and via Zoom for the service of worship and Sunday School for children ages 3 to 12 years old. The Rev. Kathy Clark’s message is entitled “Say What?” For the Zoom link or questions, phone 802-375-2548 or visit federatedchurchofeastarlington.org.

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By now, you know a vital piece of information that I do not know as I write this on Wednesday, Feb. 1: Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow or not on February 2? If he did, winter will go on for six more weeks. If he didn’t, spring will arrive early.

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In August 2019 the New York Times Magazine featured a set of articles marking the 400th anniversary of the first Africans brought to the U.S. — as enslaved people and against their will — to work for colonial white enslavers.

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It’s a new year, a new start. It’s a time of resolution. So many resolutions focus on the body: joining the gym, exercising more, eating better, losing weight, gaining a beach body, a revenge body. Maybe this will be the year of better hair, better skin, bigger this, smaller that.

Incrementally now, the days get longer. The shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere gave way to the year’s longest night on December 21. Here, we call it the winter solstice. Often, modern Pagans celebrate it along with non-Pagans. It’s a time of change, of renewal. Ancient peopl…

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MANCHESTER — Chabad of Manchester held its menorah lighting in Manchester on Sunday evening. The lighting, held for the celebration of Hanukkah, was hosted by Rabbi Menachem Andrusier and his wife, Faygie. According to Chabad, the holiday is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of ligh…

Another of my practices in leading worship in the nursing homes was to go to each resident in the circle and ask what they would like to pray. I’d listen to their fears and longings, hearing every single person and writing their thanks and requests on my list to lift to God in our spoken pra…

When I was an active minister I went to the two nursing homes each month to lead worship. It was hard for me. I had become comfortable offering a thoughtful message each Sunday in church. But at the nursing home I never knew if one or two or 10 people could be drawn out of the lost state of …

Most religious traditions place a value on charity — helping those who are less fortunate. In Islam, for example, if your neighbor has nothing you are called on to give half of what you have.

Man alive! Our world is churning with storms. Go to the grocery stores and many prices have doubled in a year! Whoa! Massive hurricanes and draughts, violence and crime are going wild. And I am writing this Wednesday morning like millions of Americans tending to hold my breath about election…

Jesus of Nazareth was born in, lived in, and was crucified by the Roman Republic. We glorify Rome. We mourn its downfall. And often, we overlook that if that Republic were to exist today, it would be considered Fascist.

Recently, in a New York Times column, a Roman Catholic priest wrote of the growing number of clergy, from all denominations, who were considering leaving the ministry. He reported that a large number of those are finding it difficult to remain in their chosen calling.

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