Pilgrimage

Dorchester Heights was and is remembered in American history for something known as the Fortification of Dorchester Heights during the American Revolutionary War. After the battles of Lexington and Concord, Revolutionary sentiment within New England reached a new high, and thousands of militiamen from the Northern colonies converged on Boston, pushing the British back within the city limits. In June 1775 British soldiers under General Howe attacked and seized Bunker Hill, but in the process sustained many losses. Following this encounter, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia gave George Washington the title of commander-in-chief and sent him to oversee the efforts outside of Boston. Continue reading

My heart aches today because a little girl, 13-years-old, passed away. For about eight years of this little girl’s life, I watched her grow and learn. I knew her mom and dad. I was on staff at the church where they attended.

This past Friday she contracted a cold which turned into a bacterial infection that spread throughout her body and by Monday she was lifeless. Parents are grieving. A church is grieving. I am grieving.

Where is the power of the scriptures? Am I the only one so bold as to ask this question? As a minister, how many bedsides of people have I stood beside with terrible diseases and watched as they slipped off into eternity? I would clasp my hands, shake my head, comfort the grieving, say a prayer and walk away. Continue reading