North Madison
Congregational
Church

O COME, O COME EMMANUEL… How old were you when you learned what the word EMMANUEL actually meant??? “Emmanuel” is not Jesus’ last name...

**** COMFORT **** We all have need of it! … that “warm feeling of contentment as we snuggle down and forget the cares that stress us…...

HAPPY ADVENT! With the aroma of the Thanksgiving turkey still lingering in the air, we turn on the TV and the Christmas carols are...

“HANDS TO WORK ♥️ HEARTS TO GOD” The NMCC motto??? Well, even though it certainly COULD be (!) it is actually the foundational tenet...

Everyone loved Mr. Allen — our 8th grade homeroom teacher. He managed to make “social studies” interesting, was kind and fair when...

Good-byes are too often just… the PITS!! Summer draws to a close — we don’t want vacation to end… A favorite restaurant shuts its doors...

The date was March 26, 1862… In America, the Civil War was raging — and young Pastor Joseph Gilmore, recently graduated, was supplying...

“GLORY, HALLELUJAH” was the favorite expression of a lovely old lady from my childhood. An expression of most supreme delight, her...

HOME SWEET HOME — There’s NO PLACE like HOME!! What exactly IS it that makes something feel like HOME??? Is it a place? People? ...

Do you ever find images in clouds? Or ANYWHERE, for that matter… Sometimes images just POP OUT at you — and you can’t NOT see them! ...

LABOR DAY!! Today it is a “day off”... the last “gasp” of summer vacation... a day for beach outings and barbecues... BUT — in 1894 when...

“If ONLY ……. (you insert the word) THEN — I could be perfectly and completely content!!“ How often do we find ourselves thinking this?...

Do you remember when we were young and blowing a big bubble or spotting a butterfly or picking a beautiful flower could spark instant...

It was November 16, 1871… A group of unknown singers (all but two were former slaves and many were still in their teens) arrived at...

“May I have the pleasure of this dance?” In 7th grade ballroom dancing school when asked that question, I accepted nervously — fervently...

QUESTION: “Can you tell me about your EBENEZER???“ And NO — NOT a copy of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, featuring Ebenezer Scrooge!! You may have...

Ha, Ha ha-ha, Ha ! (said in a sing-song voice…) I’m RIGHT — you’re WRONG!! You eat HUMBLE PIE!!! How many times in your life have you...

“Shalom to you now — shalom my friends... Singing those words together each week as a congregation makes our HEARTS sing as well as our...

When I taught piano lessons in my home, a student would invariably ask me — “Mrs. Juliani, why do you have so MANY hands and hearts in...

What comes to your mind when you hear the words — FOURTH OF JULY??? Fireworks? Parades? Family picnics? Probably ALL of the above...