by Mitch Randall | Jan 27, 2023 | Opinion
David Wood and his wife, Donna, have lived in Lincoln, Vermont, for 43 years. During those years, David served as pastor of the United Church of Lincoln for over three decades. This week, I had the privilege of sitting down with David to discuss the church, his...
by Merianna Harrelson | Jan 25, 2023 | Opinion
I can remember the joy of being offered a full-time, second-grade teaching position right out of college in 2007. Teaching was a stable job and a purposeful profession, offering retirement and health insurance. After four years of being in and out of classrooms...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 17, 2023 | Opinion
Every pastor hears it: Just do what one of your predecessors did a few decades ago and all will be well within congregational life. Nope. Yet, somewhere in that row of dusty and successive portraits — likely lining a wall enroute to the sanctuary — is the image of a...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 13, 2023 | Opinion
There is a reason why Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday sticks out each year. Long before all the states finally agreed to make it a national holiday, King’s work and witness was celebrated because he was a “transformed nonconformist.” King didn’t simply talk about...
by Terrell Carter | Jan 12, 2023 | Opinion
For all his accomplishments as a civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was first and foremost a pastor. He knew from an early age that God had called him to serve the church and broader community as a preacher and leader. This calling was nurtured under the...
