The Spiritual Renewal Center

After a grueling 14-hour drive to Tennessee to take my daughter, her three children, and two dogs home after their summer visit to Central New York, I was ready to catch my flight home. Ordinarily, a two-and-a-half-hour layover at New York's LaGuardia Airport would have felt like one more inconvenience at the end of a long journey. Instead, it became an unexpected gift. As I exited the gate area, a sign for the Interfaith Chapel caught my attention. Who would have imagined fi

That's what came to me as I entered my favorite spot to enjoy morning coffee. Yep, this is where each day starts. It's where I take in my first enjoyable sips of caffeine and meet with my "boss". I have the best boss in the world! You see, when I bring up how bad I messed up the day before, it's already forgotten! This meeting room is where I hear about the day's agenda and sometimes, I can't believe what I hear! Like, really, you think I could do that? Or, you really want me

“Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” There’s something about that question that lingers with me. “When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint Him. Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb at sunrise. They were saying to one another, ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?’” (Mark 16:1–3) After a day of rest

Looks can be deceiving. The trees are bare, yet the calendar insists it’s almost spring. We’ve been through this season time and time again, yet there seems to be a new depth to the dormancy that nature displays in Syracuse this time of year. Behind the sturdy tree bark exists an incomprehensible production facility that never shuts down. Though the temperature is unbearably cold and the ground frozen, there is a life force keeping hope alive. We can probably relate to season