Monday Mailing Vol 2, Ed 4

Welcome to the Monday Mailing Vol 2, Ed 4 – Per Capita   Like many of us, each year I make resolutions for the new year.  In the past, they have been like those many of us make – eat healthy, get more sleep…… .  Given the ample amount of time...

Monday Mailing Vol 2, Ed 3

Welcome to the Monday Mailing Vol 2, Ed 3 – MLK, Jr.   I do not remember April 4, 1968. Living about as far away from the racial south as one could get in northern California, I knew far more Hispanics than blacks. I would later discover that the black part...

Monday Mailing Vol 2, Ed 2

Welcome to the Monday Mailing Vol 2, Ed 2 – The Guest Edition Each year Presbyterian churches are assessed an apportionment to support the Presbytery of Albany, the Synod of the Northeast, and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA. For 2021,...

Monday Mailing Vol 2, Ed 1

Welcome to the Monday Mailing Vol 2, Ed 1 –  Boxed – by Ann Weems I must admit to a certain guilt about stuffing the Holy Family into a box in the aftermath of Christmas. It’s frankly a time of personal triumph when, each Advent’s eve, I free them (and the...

Monday Mailing 41

Welcome to the Monday Mailing #41 –  The Christmastide Edition The Work of Christmas – by Howard Thurman   When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and the princes are home, When the shepherds are back with...

Monday Mailing 40

Welcome to the Monday Mailing #40 – Peace in this Season I have been a part of a writing group on Facebook for a little over two months now. Every two weeks we get another letter of the alphabet and some writing prompts, and we are encouraged to write and share...