The Spiritual Practice of Getting Lost
Rev. Stocker ponders the value of leaving the beaten path.
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November 2013
Violent Metaphors in Everyday Paralance
Violent Metaphors in Common Parlance As the anniversary of Sandy Hook draws near — and as I witness an ongoing rash of gun-related violence in our culture — I have been thinking about violent metaphors in everyday language. When I recently tried to collect some of them, I quickly found over 80 commonly used phrases,
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Heroes
Rev. Stocker asks, “Who are our heroes? And why? What do we tell our children?” In preparing this sermon, Rev. Stocker asked the congregation to tell her who their heroes are. Here she reports back on what she heard.
World Series Champs
World Series Champs My father was born in 1918, just a few months before the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. A tiny baby, he couldn’t appreciate that sweet victory, but he carried a deep love for the Red Sox for his entire life. Most of the time, he watched the games on television.
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