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...

November 23, 2022 I have to confess that I have a fair amount of disdain for the clock. While I recognize a certain utility in...

November 16, 2022 Many years ago, I had occasion to travel to France for business. While there, I stayed in Paris, ate most of my...

November 9, 2022 Photo by bryan robinson on Unsplash As I sit down to compose my thirteenth DeacoNote, it feels like a milestone of sorts....

November 2, 2022 For a good part of my business career, I worried about strategy. My job titles had things like Plans & Strategy,...

October 26, 2022 In the age of sports analytics it would seem, that almost any competition is no longer simply about which team scored...

October 19, 2022 Those of you that know me well, know that I take music lessons on a weekly basis. I am trying to learn how to play the...

October 12, 2022 I am always intrigued by the answers you get when you ask a young person, what they want to be when they grow up? The...

October 4, 2022 It is mid-week once again. This mid-week, however, will mark about a week since hurricane Ian came ashore near Sanibel...

September 28, 2022 Recently, I have begun to think more and more about the structure and purposes of the gathering of souls, we call...