Union Chapel is moving into the future. And, to appreciate where we are going, it is helpful to understand where we have been. No story of Union Chapel Church can be separated from Union Chapel Cemetery. In 1822, Jacob and Elizabeth Whitinger began clearing land in north-central Marion...
Dear Friends: Miriam passed away last week. She died on a Friday, leaving her two days short of her ninetieth Christmas Day. The world is diminished by her passing. Miriam was a member of a church I served before, in the past. But she was more--so...
Dear Friends: The season is upon us--Christmas is here. I write this on the first day of Winter, after the longest night of the year. I read a story--and we have to be careful today in knowing what is reliable--but the story said that last night was the longest and darkest...
Dear Friends: I marvel at my daughter, Katie, as I watch her "mother" her four sons. My grandsons came into her life in different ways, the older two via her marriage to Patrick and the younger two through more conventional means. She is a remarkable mother to all four...
Dear Friends: Fear not! Words shared by angels on dark nights, in encounters where God's plans are shared, when a heart is being invited to open to a new way of life. Fear not. Why not? Aren't there times when fear is warranted, natural, even necessary?...