In a normal summer, our children’s church school program would constrict a bit. There is nothing normal about this summer, in the grips of COVID-19, when laissez-faire could get you or someone else seriously ill or worse.
I had a Southern country upbringing. Neighbors were important to my family. We helped each other. We cared for each other. Many a time I heard my father say he had to go help someone because they were “a neighbor with an ox in the ditch”. If a neighbor was hurting, you would do anything to help. Physical labor was offered, money given and food cooked and delivered or sometimes a loving presence was needed. But as I look back on this, I know that one qualification of a neighbor was that they looked like us.
Rev. Shawn M. Fiedler tells of his experience officiating a wedding during COVID-19.
In an effort to re-frame our work the Climate Change Task Force is re-branding as the Climate Crisis Task Force. With this move we acknowledge the seriousness of the global climate crisis, and our commitment to engage everyone in the effort to address it.
As Director of Children & Family Ministries at Old South, I have the ability to direct and produce all sorts of programs on whims and tangents – wherever the spirit leads me -- and this was one “special project” that I decided our children should attempt during our stay-at-home time.
Worship, weddings, concert rehearsals, book groups, and 12 step meetings– Old South Church is not just a center of worship in Boston, but a focal point where community gathers.
It is the responsibility of white people to educate themselves about racism and how they can actively become anti-racist. We've compiled a list of resources to get started.
It was a wobbly, yet solemn little procession: three masked mourners and one canine. The procession began at Kenmore Square, at the condo of David and Sue Horner, where the urn, containing Sue’s remains, had just been delivered.
About 12 years ago, Joel’s office started using an in-office composting bin system, The Worm Factory®, to convert some of their food scraps into compost rather than throwing them in the trash or down the garbage disposal. It was such an easy-to-use, odor-free system that we decided to set one up in our home and have been using it ever since.
“Out with a whimper, not with a bang” sums up the end of my first year of seminary. I was grateful to do well on my finals, but who cares about grades when I have friends working with COVID-19 patients every day?