This Sunday is The Fourth Sunday of Advent. The theme for this Sunday is “Love.” The themes for the four Advent Sundays are essential pillars […]

The theme for this Sunday is “Joy.” Most people confuse joy with happiness. They are not the same thing. What is portrayed in all of […]

The theme for this Second Sunday of Advent is “Peace.” Many preachers commonly refer to this Sunday as “John the Baptist Sunday” because the lectionary […]

This Sunday before Thanksgiving is “Christ the King” Sunday. One of the original purposes for the designation of this Sunday as such was to help […]

I rarely send out a second Note from Pastor J R during the same week. However, I received a request from a Covenant member asking […]

The assigned scripture text for this coming Sunday is the first six verses of Isaiah 12. It’s a wonderful text with lots of what I […]

We all want to believe that healthy change is possible. As a person of faith, I certainly believe that. As a person of faith, I […]

In the “Alabama News” this week, there was an article about Beloved Community Church, one of our sister UCC congregations, here in Birmingham, who hired […]

The opening line of Morgan Scott Peck’s book “The Road Less Traveled” is “Life is Difficult.” “Duh!” Who doesn’t know that? That fact hasn’t changed […]

Last Sunday I shared with the congregation the situation of a young woman who is new to worshipping with us. I had prayed with her […]