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Spring Cleaning for the Soul; Reflections on Lent By, Rev. Howard C. Earle, Jr., D.Min. While writing this blog, I’m watching the snow fall outside the window in my office. Winter still has us in [...]

Christmas Never Gets Old By, Chaplain Howard Earle Christmas is here! The shopping malls are festively decorated, lines are long, and the songs of the season fill the air. I am an unapologetic [...]

What to Give Up for Lent (and for life) Lent is the season of spiritual preparation before Easter for Christians. It is a period of six weeks/40 days (not counting Sundays) reflective of the time [...]

Immanuel: God with Us On the last Friday in October, the Jamieson family was feeling overjoyed! We had been counting down the months, then the days and we were finally here: baby Abel’s due date! [...]

Trusting Your Rhythms Not long ago, I was watching a late-night talk show that was following the morning routine of actor Mark Wahlberg. His typical morning routine is as follows: 2:30am wakeup, [...]

Finding Our Way as Seasons Change As I write, a cold September rain is beating down upon the great roof of Beacon Hill. Like the little drummer boy, the droplets of water are singing [...]

Welcome God into Your Out-of-Control Moments A few months ago, I was relishing in the onset of Spring. Warmer weather meant fertile ground for tilling and planting the garden. The hope for new [...]

Cultivating Friendship in a Vaccinated World I’ve lost the instinct to shake hands. After 15 months of not being allowed to extend my hand out as a welcoming gesture, it doesn’t even come to mind [...]

Spiritual Care in Practice Miriam[1] has been a churchgoer all her life. Growing up in a preacher’s home, she never missed a Sunday service. Often, she sat through two or more services each week. [...]