From the Pulpit

7/5/2023 - by: Shawn Fisher One in series of posts by Southern New England Conference delegates to the 34th General Synod of the United Church of Christ. One vote. One. One vote determined the difference between the UCC Synod remaining every two years or moving to...

One in series of posts by Southern New England Conference delegates to the 34th General Synod of the United Church of Christ. I love this picture. Not like I love my family or Jesus (we’re so limited with that word “love” in the English language) but I do love it. It...

6/29/2023 - by: Shawn Fisher One in series of posts by Southern New England Conference delegates to the 34th General Synod of the United Church of Christ. I saw “it” today. “What is IT”, you might reasonably ask? The possibilities. The potential. The potential...

6/29/2023 - by: Shawn Fisher One in series of posts by Southern New England Conference delegates to the 34th General Synod of the United Church of Christ. I thought the first inspiration to post about Synod would come once I got there. I was wrong. I’m sitting here in...

10/26/2020 - by: Shawn Fisher. What? You just got rid of my medical debt? Yep. How much? All of it. Are you SERIOUS? Yep. But...I'm not even a part of your church. That's not the point. This will change my life. That's what we hoped. Oh, my God. Exactly.  ...

Partnerships aren't easy. They take work. If done right, they often take more work than doing something on your own. But when you work at partnerships, you build Relationships... and through that you build Community. That makes an important difference just in itself!...

11/2/2018 - by: Shawn Fisher I got a call at home about an hour ago. "There's a woman here at the church in crisis. Can you come and talk with her?" It's not the first time I've gotten that call. It won't be the last. At least I hope not. Not because I want people to...