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Showing articles in Common Ground

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  The Shortest Day
  by Paula Roper
  December 23, 2011

  I have a distinct memory of sitting in my fourth grade classroom, studying geography.  We were learning about the northern and so...
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  In the Wake of the October Snowstorm
  by Paula Roper
  November 10, 2011

  It’s been a difficult time for nearly everyone I know.  It started with a frightening October snowstorm, continuing through...

• Thankful
  by Paula Roper
  November 24, 2010

  Tomorrow we will gather together:  families, friends and communities, to watch parades, football games, marching bands and to eat...

• How Do I Talk to My Kids About God?
  by Rev. Paula Roper
  November 15, 2010

  One of the questions I am asked the most often is HOW DO I TALK TO MY KIDS ABOUT GOD?  At first, I was startled to be asked this ...

• Flexibility
  by Rev. Paula Roper
  August 28, 2010

  My children will tell you that I am one of the most inflexible people they know - they would actually say that I don't roll with the punc...

• What Do You Have To Be Grateful For?
  by Rev. Paula Roper
  August 28, 2010

  As small children most of us were instructed to say "Please" and "Thank You". My parents had a difficult time teaching me to say them cor...

• Happy Holidays?!
  by Rev. Paula Roper
  August 28, 2010

  Every year, when we get to the December holiday season I hear people discussing whether to say Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas. The co...

• Best Christmas Pageant Ever?
  by Rev. Paula Roper
  August 28, 2010

  During the past few weeks I found myself hearing people say, "I think back on the Christmases of my childhood and it makes me sad" or "I...

• Does Your Religion Really Matter?
  by Rev. Paula Roper
  August 28, 2010

  Sunday, February 7th is Four Chaplains Day. It is the commemoration of the sinking of the U.S.A.T. Dorchester and the heroic actions of f...

• Raised from the Dead
  by Rev. Paula Roper
  August 28, 2010

  Recently I have discovered Gray's Anatomy, thanks to Lifetime television's mission to replay a variety of programs that have not gotten e...

• Why Am I Here?
  by Rev. Paula Roper
  August 28, 2010

  May 19 and 20th marks the celebration of the Jewish Holy Days of Shavu'ot. This Festival commemorates a time when the first fruits were h...

• A Celebration of Three Religious Traditions
  by Rev. Paula Roper
  August 28, 2010

  The end of May marks important Holy Days for three religions. Each of these traditions has wonderful stories about their founding. In th...