Author Archives: Maureen Duffy-Guy

Happy Father’s Day! You know on Mother’s Day, moms are celebrated. On Father’s Day, dads get celebrated a little less. Maybe it’s that Father’s Day happens in summer, when there is a little less going on. We don’t spend as much on Father’s Day as Mother’s Day. But let me encourage you: Dad is just as important and contributes soContinue reading “Faith on Fire”

Grace and peace to you from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and from the 160 congregations and from the more than 30,000 members of the Pennsylvania Southeast Conference, the finest of the 38 conferences of the United Church of Christ. I am Bill Worley. I am blessed to be our conference minister and blessedContinue reading “Conference Minister Rev. Bill Worley, June 14, 2020”

The Lonely Loved  So, we have a pandemic going on, we are social distancing, while an African American man was killed for no reason by the police, there are protests, division, and life is kind of stressful. We’ve had more than our share of things we are going through!  And with all this going on,Continue reading “The Lonely Loved”

Happy Birthday Church! I mean church with a big “C,” church around the world! I read there are 37 million congregations around the world! That seems like a lot, but at least there are millions of congregations! And today is Pentecost, the birthday of the church, when it all got started.  There are disturbing events that happenedContinue reading “Overcoming Division”

Last week we talked about Elijah, who was a man of God, the greatest prophet, but he got scared, and he lost heart. We learned we need to reach up to God, and reach out to others, to lift us up when we lose heart.  Today we’re going to talk about what to do when yourContinue reading “Facing your Giants”

Happy Mother’s Day! We want to celebrate all the women who help us grow and be our best selves. Mom’s aunts, teachers, neighbors, grandmothers, etc. Thank you! We hope you all enjoy your day.   Here’s a joke for you, why did the chicken go to the séance? (Think a minute before you look.)  To getContinue reading “Which way?”

There is a lot to get used to lately. You go to the grocery store now, and there is a one way only entrance, and there is a one way only exit. The grocery store is full of people, but empty of the food item you are looking for. Then there are face masks, whichContinue reading “The Lord is my Shepherd”

My husband, Kevin, likes videos of people on extreme journeys. Yesterday he watched a video of people who were in a race, where every few months over the course of year, the runners  will run across four deserts. For each desert, they spend a week running 20 miles a day. I saw some of the video whereContinue reading “He’s still got the whole world in His hands”

As a pastor, one of the most discouraging things I hear people say is: I just don’t see the purpose. For example they might say, “I don’t see the purpose in spending time praying. You pray and God doesn’t answer. What’s the point?” or “I don’t see the purpose in marriage. Why get married? It’s just aContinue reading “There is a Reason”