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Jeremiah Wright and anti-Semitism

By Dudley Rose, on June 12th, 2009%

It is with sadness, disappointment and outrage that I read and listened to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s recent comments to a reporter from the Virginia newspaper, the Daily Press. Wright, the former pastor of Trinity UCC Church in Chicago and President Obama’s pastor until Wright’s incendiary comments during the presidential campaign caused Obama to break . . . → Read More: Jeremiah Wright and anti-Semitism

Tough Times

By Dudley Rose, on April 26th, 2009%

This letter to the congregation was handed out at church on April 26th and is posted here in advance of its appearance in the newsletter.

Dear Friends,

We live in sobering times. While that’s true on many fronts, today I’m thinking especially about the current financial situation. No family or organization is immune to the . . . → Read More: Tough Times

Christmas Letter

By Dudley Rose, on December 19th, 2008%

Christmas 2008

Dear Friends,

During the Christmas season of 1843 Charles Dickens published a little book he called, A Christmas Carol. That wasn’t his first choice for a title. He originally called it Sledgehammer, because he meant the story to hit you over the head. By the time he published it; he had toned down . . . → Read More: Christmas Letter