In May of 2023, Kent County broke ground on the last cell available in our landfill. The new 6-acre section is the last of the 105 acres that has been allotted for our garbage. Each year, our landfill takes in about 306,000 tons of trash. As the only active landfill in Kent County, we have more »
As the November 2022 midterm elections draw closer, we the people begin to give our attention to political candidates’ positions and to the proposals that will be on our ballots. For the folks who say that we are followers of Jesus Christ, it is very important for us to take the time to prayerfully reflect more »
Strangers as Friends 3/26/2022 Rev. Karen Fitz La Barge, North Kent Presbyterian Church The images are haunting. Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, 3.7 million Ukrainians have fled their country for their lives. 10 million Ukrainian people are displaced inside Ukraine, searching for safety from the fighting and the shelling of civilian buildings. more »
I have never been on the “Dark Web.” The internet that we all typically use every day is the “Clear Web”, the websites that we access with our Chrome, Firefox or Bing search engines. Below that, with much more data is the “Deep Web”, where all of our photos, files and all the data more »
Children of Godby Rev. Karen Fitz La Barge June, 1, 2020As we sit in our comfortable homes watching our television and computer screens, with beverages and snacks close at hand, it is difficult for us to fully comprehend what has happened in our country the last week. — I too watched the video from more »
Prayers for the Hungry: Let us pray for those who hunger in this land: whose only kitchen is a soup kitchen; whose only food is what others don’t want; whose diet depends on luck, not on planning. Lord, feed your people using our skills and conscience, and eradicate from our politics and private lives the more »
What is Justice? On Thursday evening, December 4th 2015, the bells of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in San Bernadino, CA rang out 16 times. The bells were ringing in memory of the dead. Present were clergy from seven area churches as well as representatives from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to help with counseling those who more »
Christmas Baby Shower Rev. Karen Fitz La Barge So, I have been invited to a Baby Shower! How nice. What a wonderful thing! –It is a celebration of a brand new life. So what is the first thing that I should do? –Obviously, go shopping. Oh, look, here is the Costco ad that came in more »
The Real Thanksgiving Turkeys . Thanksgiving Day, 2013. Ahh, Thanksgiving. The smell of the cooking turkey, the laughter of the kids. The blessed gift of time to take one day off of work to sit down with family and to simply enjoy the pleasure of being together. A time commemorated by Norman Rockwell and more »
People are broken. Some in big ways and some in little ways. The horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary this morning cracks open the facade that we are all doing fine and that we don’t all have fear, anger, pain and darkness in our lives that cause us to lash out at others. For some more »
