By. Reverend Donn Brammer I am going to share with you 4 words with short definitions, and 1 opportunity. Pity. Pity is when we recognize another person is suffering. Sympathy. Sympathy is when we care about another person’s suffering. Empathy. Empathy is when we feel another person’s suffering. Compassion. Compassion is when we want to… Read More »

By Reverend Donn As we face a New Year I want to remind us of a story in the Bible (Numbers 13) when the Israelite’s came to the Promised Land. You may recall that God had delivered the Israelite’s out of slavery and out of the land of Egypt. But even though God had provided… Read More »

By Rev. Donn Brammer For the most part the nativity story the church tells is all mixed up. We combine the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke with various legends and traditions and try to homogenize it into one simple sanitized version of God calling people to action. The way the church tells… Read More »

By Rev. Donn Brammer A school, a church, a workplace, the latest is a synagogue but there are shootings and killings and heartbreak with each and every tragedy. I would like to think that something could be done to stop and prevent these events but I’m pretty sure even if a solution did present itself,… Read More »

By: Reverend Donn Brammer  There’s been a lot of talk (which will probably be resolved by the time you read this) about judges, in particular Supreme Court Justices. I have to say I’m a bit disappointed that I’ve never been asked. So I’ve never gone to Law School, so I’ve never taken a Bar exam,… Read More »

   Rev. Donn Brammer I am very blessed on occasion to take walks with our son. The walks take about an hour and the conversation is usually about chemistry, bio-chemistry, physics, and differential equations which means that not only do I have a hard time keeping up with him on the walk, I have a… Read More »

By Reverend Donn : Most of us are familiar with the passage from Isaiah (40:31): “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be wary, they shall walk and not faint.” It is a passage filled with hope, and… Read More »

By Rev. Donn Brammer If you go to the National Cathedral in Washington DC you will notice that there are flags inside the cathedral from each state, that represent significant people from those states. When I was last there I remember 3 flags from Georgia. One was for Woodrow Wilson; you might remember he was… Read More »