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January 16, 2022 Matthew 2:13-15 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   This past summer, a 9 year old girl named Little Amal walked from the border of Syria to Manchester, England, fleeing the land of her birth and searching for her mother. Little Amal is not a human child though. She... Read More →

Matthew 2:1-12 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman January 9, 2022   ‘What’s the deal with star gifts?’ was the comment on a clergy Facebook group I belong to. ‘What’s the deal with star gifts?’ was a question as much about the in’s and out’s of this Epiphany ritual as it was also a... Read More →

January 2, 2022 Luke 2:1-20 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   “because there was no place for them in the inn.” (Luke 2:7) Over the years, these words from the gospel of Luke have been added to and expanded. The frowning innkeeper in the Christmas pageant shaking their head and... Read More →

December 19, 2021 Luke 1:46-55 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Two weeks ago, 35 gifts arrived at FCC – all for children, whose families are connected to Bristol Public School’s Family Resource Center, where the families receive all kinds of help and resources – including help... Read More →

December 12, 2021 Luke 1:39-45 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Many of us can imagine how Elizabeth felt because many of us, upon greeting a loved one, have felt something within us lift, perhaps even leap for joy, upon being reunited after a long or even short absence from... Read More →

December 5, 2021 Matthew 1:1-17 Rev. Kristen Kleiman   What a boring scripture passage. It was like reading a dictionary or a cookbook. Actually, it was exactly like reading the recipe in a cookbook. Each name in this long list of people, fourteen generations in all, each... Read More →

November 28, 2021 Isaiah 40:3-5 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   What a weekend! All of that baking, cooking, hosting, and traveling for Thanksgiving followed by shopping, Christmas card writing, tree decorating, and perhaps more baking, cooking, hosting, and traveling. There was a... Read More →

November 21, 2021 Psalm 100 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   My mother, a retired 6th grade English teacher, used to teach a learning unit called “How to”, where each student would present a “how to” project. How to make chocolate chip cookies from scratch. How to fold origami... Read More →

November 7, 2021 Commitment Sunday Micah 6:6-8 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Commitment – it’s a word that makes people uncomfortable these days. It’s a word people shy away from and are shy of. So some churches, believing that the word committee sounds too much ... Read More →

October 31, 2021 Luke 13:10-19 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Video of the Message “Courage to Risk” can be found here: https://youtu.be/Z_Us9Zm54Fo   For eighteen years, her view had mostly been of the floor. For eighteen years, she had been bent over and quite unable to... Read More →