The Rev. Dr. Jonathan Chapman
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Mama’s Boy: The Final Letter
Read the previous letters: Mama's Boy, Vol 1 | Mama's Boy, Vol 2 | Mama's Boy, Vol 3 Mama's Boy, Vol 4 | Mama's Boy, Halloween Edition Dear Mama, For five years now, I've written to you on Mother's Day. For five years, I've lamented the tradition of...
Sermons
Longing for Light: A Sermon for Lent 4B
I preached this sermon on Sunday, March 15 at Westfield. Before you read it, read the scriptures of the day from Numbers and John I want to love light. I want to bask in it, to feel its warmth. I want to walk paths illuminated by it. I want to reflect it. And the...
Drawing Circles
This sermon's title and theme was inspired by Westfield's Minister of Music who chose Mark Miller's Draw the Circle Wide as a song for today. We ended the service circling the sanctuary singing to one another: "Draw the circle, draw the circle wide. No one stands...
Near and Among Us
I preached this sermon on Sunday, September 28. A family of ours is facing a hard situation in regards to their children's health, a situation that hangs heavy in our hearts as a congregation. Rather than avoid it, I decided to preach about it. Read the scripture...
Letters to Killingly
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Visual Worship
The In-a-Pinch Altarscape
A couple of weeks ago, I had the honor of baptizing two sweet children and re-affirming a third's baptism at Westfield. This sweet family had been visiting us for a while, then decided to join our community of faith. Soon after, the parents asked if I would baptize...
Summer’s End & Blessing Backpacks
Well, friends, it seems that a whole summer has come and gone with very little updating on my part. I wish it was because I took the summer off. (Can you imagine a whole three months of vacation? I didn't know what I had while I was in school!) This summer has been...
A Neon Pentecost
It started, like most worship installations at Westfield, with Pintrest. A seminary friend had pinned a craft blog post that gave instructions on how to make a suncatcher-mobile out of melted plastic cups. Among the most striking elements of Westfield are the...
Stoles
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Mama’s Boy
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