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Faith Matters: All Souls celebrates bicentennial, 1825-2025
11-01-2024 4:20 PM

By KATE MASON

All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church is celebrating 200 years in Greenfield with some special events for our larger community. Some folks may wonder what is a Unitarian Universalist? Our non-creedal faith is progressive and inclusive. We are...

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Faith Matters: The urgent need for a prophetic ministry for peace
10-18-2024 11:46 AM

By THE REV. DAVID JONES

I’ve been re-reading “The Prophetic Imagination,” a classic by biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann. In it he talks about the prophetic ministry of churches as being the result of two essential ingredients.The first ingredient is that a church must...


Faith Matters: Let us be more curious than certain: Each person, whatever their political views, is made in the image and likeness of God
10-11-2024 10:01 AM

By THE REV. HEATHER J. BLAIS

Recently, we took our oldest child on a tour of my alma mater, Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Our oldest has always navigated life with an insatiable curiosity and desire to know more. I was eager for them to have a taste of the...


Faith Matters: An alternative to anger and hatred: Hatred blinds people so that they can only see evidence that supports their beliefs
10-04-2024 9:18 PM

By THE REV. RANDOLPH CALVO

Today is Oct. 5. Election Day is Nov. 5.A recent survey found that 90% of Americans can name a recent news event that made them angry while only 50% could name something that made them proud. This is a worrisome comparison of numbers as we approach...


Faith Matters: The importance of welcoming strangers: Remember that you were once an alien in a foreign land
09-27-2024 9:48 AM

By THE REV. ALISON CORNISH

When a message runs through the whole of scripture, it’s worth taking notice. The ancient imperative of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures — to welcome the stranger — is one of note for its insistence, its timelessness, and timeliness, too.First...


Springfield diocese names Greenfield priest as new chancellor
09-23-2024 1:11 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The pastor of Blessed Trinity Parish has been named the next chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield.On Nov. 1, the Rev. Michael Pierz will assume some of the duties handled by the Rev. John Lessard, who requested that...


Faith Matters: Are you ‘spiritual enough?’: Activities that fill us up or connect us to others on a deeper level are actually spiritual
09-20-2024 10:23 AM

By THE REV. CINDY LAJOY

Have you ever judged yourself for not being “spiritual enough?” And what does that even mean? Today in America we often find people speaking more about their spiritual journeys than their faith or religious journeys, and for many that is a much better...


Faith Matters: Sacred stones and the interconnectedness of life
09-06-2024 11:30 AM

By THE REV. LINDA M. RHINEHART NEAS

In his book, “Room of Marvels,” James Bryan Smith writes, “The most beautiful stones have been tossed by the wind and washed by the waters and polished to brilliance by Life’s strongest storms.”I have this quote, sent by a friend on a laminated slip...


Faith Matters: Divine activity out in the farm fields: Reflections from an agricultural Anglican
08-30-2024 10:20 AM

By THE REV. JIMMY PICKETT

I have on my right arm a tattoo that reminds me every day why I serve as a priest in the Episcopal Church.I grew up in Leicester and spent nearly every weekend at my Great Grandmother’s house, an old red farmhouse with a big barn and a large field...


Faith-based festival comes to Franklin County Fairgrounds
08-16-2024 1:36 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — People from various walks of life gathered at the Franklin County Fairgrounds on Thursday for the first day of the three-day SoulFest Christian music festival.In its 26th year, SoulFest secured the Greenfield fairgrounds for the first...


Faith Matters: A call to enjoy this life: Sometimes we all need to be nudged out of our comfort zones
08-16-2024 9:45 AM

By THE REV. JULIE G. OLMSTED

Recently, I saw a video featuring a performer named Rhiannon Giddens. The video was called “Another Wasted Life,” and featured a group of exonerated prisoners through an organization you may have heard of: The Innocence Project. I looked it up...


Calling all souls: Christian music festival SoulFest coming to Franklin County Fairgrounds Aug. 15-17
08-09-2024 12:38 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

The Christian music festival SoulFest is coming to the Franklin County Fairgrounds for a weekend of music, community and advocacy from Aug. 15-17. The festival has been operating since 1998, combining music from popular Christian music acts across...


In wake of declining membership, Spiritual Alliance to close Lake Pleasant temple for winter
08-04-2024 8:21 AM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

LAKE PLEASANT — Declining membership and financial strain are taking a toll on The National Spiritual Alliance (TNSA), which is celebrating the 150th anniversary of spiritualism’s arrival and the founding of Lake Pleasant in 1874.As a result, TNSA...


New Salem pastor retiring after 50-plus years
08-02-2024 6:05 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The Rev. Edward “Ted” Boren plans to preach his final service at North Congregational Church on Sept. 1 — exactly 54 years to the month that he started there.The 82-year-old will deliver five more sermons before he retires and each worship...


Priest at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Orange retiring
07-30-2024 3:10 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Catholic priesthood is not a career, but rather a vocation, and one does not simply retire from it and live off savings and Social Security. Still, the Rev. Shaun O’Connor is stepping away from administrative duties and leaving St. Mary’s...


Faith Matters: Restoring a climate of hope and trust: 2025 marks another celebration of the great Jubilee begun by Jesus Christ
07-26-2024 2:45 PM

By THE REV. SHAUN O’CONNOR

Like a flame my hope is burning,May my song arise to You:Source of Life that has no ending,On life’s path I trust in youRefrain from the Hymn of the Jubilee 2025When Jesus begins his ministry at the synagogue in Nazareth, he reads from the scroll of...


Faith Matters: Embodying the spirit of Jeong: Universal values of mutual respect and love echoed across various faiths
07-19-2024 9:57 AM

By THE REV. DR. CANDI ASHENDEN

Before heading to South Korea in August to visit my son who teaches there, I did a little research into the religions of South Korea and was intrigued by what I learned. I discovered that South Korea, a vibrant country with a rich cultural tapestry,...


Faith Matters: ‘God’s Eye is on the Sparrow’: Unlike the fleeting nature of our troubles, God’s love is everlasting
07-12-2024 1:05 PM

By THE REV. DR. MEGAN E. LEARY

For my birthday last year my husband and sons gave me a bird feeder with a camera attached.The camera has a motion sensor that is activated when birds land to feed and then captures video of them eating. I have become enchanted with watching the...


Blessed Trinity poised to open Franklin County’s only Catholic preschool
06-22-2024 3:25 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The county’s only Catholic preschool is set to open in September near the former site of Holy Trinity School.Beacon of Light Preschool is expected to start inside the Blessed Trinity Parish pastoral center and parish office at 14 Beacon...


Orange to bill church $13.7K after complaint of unfair treatment
06-18-2024 4:31 PM

By SAM FERLAND

ORANGE — After receiving a letter in March advising them of a complaint alleging special treatment of Mission Covenant Church, Selectboard members, in collaboration with the assessors, have decided to bill the church $13,723.54 for taxes.Americans...


Faith Matters: How to build relationships across vast differences: We must be curious, venture out, welcome in, stand tall, stand with
06-14-2024 11:15 AM

By THE REV. ALISON CORNISH

One of the greatest joys in my 20 years of ministry has been getting to meet, learn from, worship with, and befriend those who identify as religiously different from how I name myself — a Unitarian Universalist. First on Long Island, then in...

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