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Welcome to Spiritual Connections, our occasional newsletter offering theological perspective on what is going on in and around our Presbytery. Read, reflect, and share with those you think may appreciate these words. For this season of Lent, we will be sending...

This month's Spiritual Connections is from our General Presbyter, the Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo: In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God...

This month's Spiritual Connections is from our General Presbyter, the Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo: Dear Members and Friends of PSNE, I have lived through three significant major emergencies during my last 21 years in ministry: September 11th, Hurricane Sandy, and the...

The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine and a symbol of peace. This is one of the flowers from my garden last year. Dear Members and Friends in the Presbytery of Southern New England, Like all of you, I have been horrified and brought to both tears and stunned...

This month's Spiritual Connections is from our General Presbyter, the Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo: As we prepare for the last Sunday in Advent we hear the familiar words of the Magnificat of Mary from Luke’s Gospel: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in...

This month's Spiritual Connections is from our General Presbyter, the Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo: On Thursday night of this past week, we were awakened at 3AM by the sounds of our dog crying. Earlier in the night we had to put the “cone of shame” around her neck to...

This month's Spiritual Connections is from our General Presbyter, the Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo: Earlier this year my doctor told me to read a book on Burnout. She’s a little bit younger than me, has a two-year old at home, a medical practice, and oh yes, that other...

This month's Spiritual Connections is from our General Presbyter, the Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo: The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.”...