North Madison
Congregational
Church

“AAAAALL ABOARD!!!“   The first time I heard those words, I was 11 years old and about to take my first real train ride!  My parents,...

When asked what piece of furniture they would take from home if limited only to one, many folks choose their KITCHEN TABLE.    The one...

One of the most beautiful words in ANY language is  —  WELCOME!!!   Just hearing the word conjures up warm images of loving smiles, open...

It is LABOR DAY WEEKEND!!! When I was young, this meant leaving our primitive family lake cottage where we had lived since school got out...

Remember this “hand play” we did as kids? “Here is the church and here is the steeple…          Open the doors and see all the people!”...

One of the things I enjoy most is playing for the HYMN SING in our summer services!  On most Sundays, I try to select music to reflect...

“May I have the pleasure of this dance?” In 7th grade ballroom dancing school when asked that question, I accepted nervously — fervently...

“There is a center of quietness within which has to be known and held… If you lose that center, you are in tension and begin to fall...

“Mary, Mary, quite contrary — how does your garden grow?” My grandmother (named Mary!)  LOVED  tending her flowers.  When I was a little...

“God bless you!!” How many times have you heard that after you sneeze?  And how many OTHER times has someone asked God to bless you? Far...

“Ding dong merrily on high, in Heaven the bells are ringing! Ding dong, verily the sky is riv’n with angels singing! Gloria in excelsis...

What comes to your mind when you hear the words — FOURTH OF JULY??? Fireworks?   Parades?   Family picnics?  Probably ALL of the above —...

Our world seems to take delight in building barriers of EX-clusion.  WE and “THEY”… US and “THEM”… NORMAL and “OTHER”… implying, of...

When I was 6 years old, Miss Casey — our first grade schoolteacher — invited the whole class to attend her wedding at the church of St....

On June 17, 1871 — only 6 short years after the Civil War ended — JAMES WELDON JOHNSON was born! WHO??? ANSWER — *     Author of LIFT...

What do these quotes from these well-known people have in common? “Into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul”  - John Muir,...

“If ONLY… (you insert the word) THEN  — I could be perfectly and completely CONTENT!!“ How often do we find ourselves thinking this?  If...

This is a weekend of REMEMBERING... of recalling and mourning the ultimate sacrifice of all the military women and men of our country who...

NOTICE:  Remember to wear ♦️ RED ♦️ this Sunday! “Really???   OK…  But,  WHY WOULD I DO THAT?“ It’s PENTECOST!! “Don’t we celebrate that...

Driving home the other day, I spotted a gorgeous display of colorful tulips which had been painstakingly planted to spell the word ...