by theRevCK | Oct 1, 2014 | Religion
(A version of this post appeared in a sermon preached August 17, 2014 at?Faith United Church of Christ, Richmond Heights, Ohio ~theRevCK) I rolled my eyes in church last month. I?m not exactly proud of it. I was packed into a cathedral with no air conditioning. As a...
by theRevCK | Aug 6, 2014 | Current Events & Culture, Love and Life, Reflection
One night last month, hundreds of?neighbors gathered in the grassy lot at Meadowbrook and Lee Roads in Cleveland Heights. It would have made a beautiful and joyful gathering — if not for the violent act that brought everyone together. Heights residents gathered...
by theRevCK | Mar 16, 2014 | Poetry, Poetry
On March 15, in Cleveland, we celebrate 35 degrees?and dry sidewalks by playing outside all morning, and again in the afternoon. We bike the block in mittens and fleece, and with numb fingers push dried peas into peat pots filled and dampened on the stoop. The former...
by theRevCK | Jan 8, 2014 | Love and Life, Reflection, Religion
We know job loss in Cleveland. A story in today’s Plain Dealer?grimly declares that we’re leading the nation, for the seventh month in a row, despite economic recovery. (Perhaps this is why researchers also found Ohio to be the sweariest state in the...
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