This Year For the Holidays, Less Is More

Making Do With Less In A Season of Excess by Pastor Paul J. Bern Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone as the Christmas holidays approach, it is time for all of us to change our focus from the acquisition of material wealth to that of intangible enrichment, such as our health, well being, peace […]

Thanksgiving wasn’t so happy for everybody

More Volunteers Needed To Serve The Homeless All Year, Not Just During the Holidays by Rev. Paul J. Bern Another Thanksgiving has gone by, and I have once again seen the usual fanfare on various media about hundreds of volunteers coming out to feed the homeless this past week. It then occurred to me that, […]

The Real Origins of Thanksgiving

The True Origins of Thanksgiving by Rev. Paul J. Bern Each one of us was taught back when we were kids that the tradition of Thanksgiving has its origins dating back to the early 1600’s when the Pilgrims celebrated it for the first time. But did you know that the first Thanksgiving celebration was based […]

Celebrate Thanksgiving by buying and doing nothing

Celebrate Thanksgiving By Buying Nothing This Year by Rev. Paul J. Bern Is there a tradition any more primitive or disgusting practiced across America today than that of Black Friday? Hordes of consumers mob stores for great deals on useless “goods” like flat screen TVs that one must have a cable TV subscription to watch […]