250 Years Ago, Sudbury was in the middle of an epidemic known as the bloody flux. We know this from Rev. Jacob Bigelow’s Burial Records and the Diary of Experience Wright Richardson, in which she recorded her thoughts from 1728 until 1782. She mentions the disease first in August 29 and twice more, for example:…

Your Health with Dr. McShine [This is the first column in a regular series of health information and wellness tips from Emerson Health Sudbury.] September is Fall Prevention Month, an important reminder that preventing accidents is an important part of protecting your health and independence. Falls are one of the leading causes of injury…

Exploring the intersection of sacred and secular. I’m at the (interminable) stage of writing The Myth of a Dying Church that’s editing, narrowing the scope, and filling in gaps. The current chapter ponders human nature, how we think we’ve changed, and whether or not the idea that we have changed is true at all.…

Founded in 2024, Sudbury Meetinghouse, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to expand the secular use of the historic meetinghouse. To mark the beginning of this exciting journey, Sudbury Meetinghouse invites the entire community to a FREE celebration in the Town Center on Saturday, September 13. In anticipation of the launch event, Tom…

Exploring the intersection of sacred and secular. The action-adventure video game No Man’s Sky was released in 2016 after a massive media push making incredible claims about the player experience — for the first time, a nearly unlimited space-based sandbox, where the main story arc was only the beginning. As it turns out, those claims…

Exploring the intersection of sacred and secular. I discovered something kind of wonderful, my daughter likes some of my music — at least the songs she doesn’t call “old and tired” — she’s seven, y’all. Country Road During this end-of-summer lull between camp and school, our membership to Davis Farmland has been pretty…

Exploring the intersection of sacred and secular. It’s not about you! If you’d just get your head out of your ass and worry about others, you could do some great things.  This is not only one of the most helpful pieces of pastoral advice I ever received, but it’s probably the most important piece…