June 7, 2023 I found myself thinking this week about how we assess knowledge. If you pursue an advanced degree in a scientific field...

May 31, 2023 One of the things we take for granted in our lifetime is the ready availability of the Bible. Imagine how few of us would...

May 24, 2023 & August 24, 2022 If you regularly read these DeacoNotes, your first thought was probably that I made a typo in the...

May 17, 2023 I was reflecting this week on a couple of my past notes related to the general subject of "peace:" DeaconNote 17: Jehovah...

May 13, 2023 It seems easier lately to find people, who are feeling overwhelmed by the societal pressures and problems of our day. Some...

May 3, 2023 Ever since our Regional Pastor, Rev. Dale Edwards, visited us last October, we have looked for opportunities to encourage the...

April 19, 2023 As we continue to meditate on prayer in all of its facets during the count down to the National Day of Prayer on Thursday,...

April 12, 2023 As we bask in the glow of an Easter just passed, I find myself reflecting back on the various services we held to tell,...

April 5, 2023 Holy Week. I am a great fan of Rebus puzzles. These are puzzles formed from words that create a picture of a well-known...

March 29, 2023 In last week's DeacoNote, in our continuing series on prayer-related topics, we noted that, when we pray for something...

Spring, March 22, 2023 When I was a young boy so many years ago I lived in a small farming town. The nearest hospital was in the...

March 15, 2023 For Lent, some of the groups in our church have decided to focus on prayer. For its part, the Men's Group used its last...

March 8, 2023 If I think back to some of my earliest memories of childhood stories, many of those early stories contained magical...

March 1, 2023 It is the season we call Lent. The countdown to Easter 2023 has begun. There are a number of traditions associated with...

February 22, 2023 Over the past four DeacoNotes, we have looked at the candles in the traditional Advent wreath. The first was for Hope...

February 15, 2023 When I restarted this series of notes last week, I set as my first objective to complete the Advent Series that I began...

February 8, 2023 This note will turn out to be my longest note so far. Not in the length of the end product, but in the length of time...

Did you ever notice that every Sunday the bulletin lists the "Ministers" of the United Church of Colchester as "All God's People"? Think...

December 7, 2022 To attempt to write about peace during the hectic, almost chaotic, holiday season, feels almost oxymoronic. But it is...

November 30, 2022 In the Toy Story animated movies, one of the main characters, Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Tim Allen, is often heard to...