Reflections

Jul 10, 20233 min

A Two-riffic Week Two!

This year’s Week Two theme was Games: A Celebration of Our Most Human Pastimes and it set the stage for a week of FUN! As we have for the...

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Dec 13, 20222 min

Holiday Greetings!

Holiday Greetings! Remembering the day the Search Committee of the First Congregational UCC of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, called me as their...

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Jul 28, 20224 min

Tips and Tricks for First Time Visitors

We are excited for you to join us on your visit to Chautauqua! There can be some surprises if you have never stayed with us before, so...

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Jul 24, 20211 min

Remembering Reid Huntley

Monday July 19, 2021 Dear Chautauqua friends, I am thinking of my old friend Reid Huntley who is seeing his last days not here at the...

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Aug 2, 20202 min

Remembering Liz Wright

IN MEMORY OF LIZ WRIGHT Elizabeth (Liz) Wright came to Chautauqua every summer for over a decade. She enjoyed her week here so very much...

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Jul 23, 20202 min

Memories of Caroline

The Chautauqua UCC community lost a dear and long-time friend when Caroline Windsor passed away in June. Over the years, this community...

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Jul 21, 20202 min

Finding Rest in the Midst of a Pandemic

One of the rhythms of Jesus' life and ministry was after a busy and sometimes boisterous period of ministry, he would withdraw from the...

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Jul 13, 20202 min

CUCCS Board Meeting Opening Prayer

Amazing God of creation, who molded everything and everyone and called it good and who made all humankind in your image, we give you...

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Jul 10, 20202 min

Reflection on Time (or should that be Patience?)

There is, for me, a striking stanza in the hymn, “O God, Our Help in Ages Past” by Isaac Watts: “Time, like an ever-rolling stream, soon...

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