With Thanks!
Sunday November 28, 2021
Wednesday November 24, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving, West Cummington, wherever you are!
Here we have scripture —
the Old Hundredth and an Ecclesiastes blessing. We have music that I won’t attempt to describe. In order
Jack Swindlehurst crooning in the kitchen.
Hollis Watkins, a SNCC organizer, recorded at a meeting in Mississippi in the early ‘60s. Note the lyrics.
Our own Penny Schultz leads us home.
Take a break, reach out to family however. See you Sunday. — Love, Steve
Sunday, November 21 2021
Lay Service
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Dear West Cummington,
We’re somewhere between "The Times They are A Changin" and the "The Hour Is Nigh."Tonight’s service is a (an over)reaction. Let us bear with each other.The music is by The Dixie Hummingbirds ("Just A Closer Walk With Thee") and Dave Van Ronk ("Green, Green, Rocky Road")The message is:
"By The Skin Of Our Teeth"
Love,
Steve
Wednesday, November 10 2021
Dear West Cummington,
Note: we have just learned that Larry Gordon has passed over.
Here is a beautiful song for a tough day. Listen on . . .
Love,
Steve
Sunday November 7, 2021
Wednesday November 3, 2021
Dear West Cummington,
Yesterday was the great Mexican/American holiday, The Day Of The Dead. Here is a prayer centered there, a poem by Rumi and two powerful pieces of music: “What You Gonna Do” by the Staple Singers and “We Shall Walk Through The Streets Of The City” played as a New Orleans funeral march by Doc Paulin and his brass band.
Love, Steve