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...

September 21, 2022 One of the most profound Christian concepts, yet so simple it can be expressed in just two words, is "But God." It is...

August 24, 2022 I was recently discussing the sources of illustrative stories for possible use in sermons, or other teaching...

September 14, 2022 A long time ago I had a friend who used to joke, that if you wanted to hear God laugh, just tell Him your plans. It...

September 7, 2022 I was reminded this week of a story I heard many years ago, that was attributed to Charles Spurgeon. It was said, that...

August 31, 2022 This week a casual conversation reminded me of a cruise my wife and I had been on many years ago. We traveled with a...

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant...

The first of these three poems -- "There Are No Words" -- was written in 2018 after an earlier massacre at a school and is far too timely...

This New Day Quiet Dark Nothing moves Stars slowly wink out One, then another as Sky tints Bird song greets The light A new day A new...

Christmas Sky Is the Christmas sky the brilliant night the host of stars illuminating paths for curious souls and a venue for celestial...

From your church family at the United Church of Colchester

For God so loved the world the he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life! (John...