With Thanks!

Sunday November 28, 2021

 

Wednesday November 24, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving, West Cummington, wherever you are!
Here we have scripture —

  • the Old Hundredth and an Ecclesiastes blessing. We have music that I won’t attempt to describe. In order

  • Jack Swindlehurst crooning in the kitchen.

  • Hollis Watkins, a SNCC organizer, recorded at a meeting in Mississippi in the early ‘60s. Note the lyrics.

  • Our own Penny Schultz leads us home.

    Take a break, reach out to family however. See you Sunday. — Love, Steve

Sunday, November 21 2021
Lay Service

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Dear West Cummington,
We’re somewhere between "The Times They are A Changin" and the "The Hour Is Nigh."Tonight’s service is a (an over)reaction. Let us bear with each other.The music is by The Dixie Hummingbirds ("Just A Closer Walk With Thee") and Dave Van Ronk ("Green, Green, Rocky Road")The message is:
"By The Skin Of Our Teeth"

Love,
Steve

 
 
 
 

 

Wednesday, November 10 2021

Dear West Cummington,
Note: we have just learned that Larry Gordon has passed over.
Here is a beautiful song for a tough day. Listen on . . .
Love,
Steve

Sunday November 7, 2021

 

Wednesday November 3, 2021

Dear West Cummington,

Yesterday was the great Mexican/American holiday, The Day Of The Dead. Here is a prayer centered there, a poem by Rumi and two powerful pieces of music: “What You Gonna Do” by the Staple Singers and “We Shall Walk Through The Streets Of The City” played as a New Orleans funeral march by Doc Paulin and his brass band.

Love, Steve