This coming Sunday is a very favorite of mine. It became a favorite after I was ordained as a pastor and began to serve my first church in West Boxford, Massachusetts. West Boxford in 1960 was a small rural community. It was a rather perfect place to begin a ministry. Situated on a small semicircle … Continue reading Courage/Palm Sunday | Walk With Ken Boyle – April 3, 2020
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This Must Be Our Shining Hour | Walk With Ken Boyle – March 19, 2020
It was snowing this morning. Here it is the dawn of Spring. and it is snowing. Shut in our home, warm and blessed are we to have shelter. Home is more than a shelter, isn’t it? When it is blessed, it is a place of kindness, acceptance and love. Outside there may be raging storms, … Continue reading This Must Be Our Shining Hour | Walk With Ken Boyle – March 19, 2020
Greenhill Farm | Walk with Ken Boyle – March 10, 2020
In a place called Barrington, New Hampshire, there was a farm that was beloved by the Boyle family. It had been purchased by my grandfather in the autumn of 1916. The summers of my father’s family were to be spent at Greenhill Farm, but it was kept as an ongoing farm all through the year. … Continue reading Greenhill Farm | Walk with Ken Boyle – March 10, 2020
Be The Best Of Whatever You Are | Walk With Ken Boyle – February 27, 2020
The wind is howling around our home. Molly keeps nearby me; I think because she hears strange noises outside. Dale will be coming home soon now, and about this time of day, Molly is alert to the autos that drive by. There are times when I know she feels secure being near me, and right … Continue reading Be The Best Of Whatever You Are | Walk With Ken Boyle – February 27, 2020
Poetry | Walk With Ken Boyle – February 18, 2020
Do you like poetry? Do you enjoy reciting poems? One of the too many to count reasons that I am grateful to my mother and father is their emphatic statement that I would graduate from a college. Not only did they insist that I attend college, they paid for my education by sacrificing many of … Continue reading Poetry | Walk With Ken Boyle – February 18, 2020
Laughter | Walk With Ken Boyle – February 5, 2020
Do you ever find it difficult to get out of bed in the morning? Are there some mornings this cold time of yearwhen you would like to just pull the covers over your head and stay in your bed, nice and warm and comfortable? To not wish to get out of bed in the morning is not … Continue reading Laughter | Walk With Ken Boyle – February 5, 2020
Windows | Walk With Ken Boyle – January 28, 2020
It is a cloudy noontime here in Hopkinton. The temperature is thirty- four degrees. My friend Molly is not under my desk as she is at daycare. I miss her on Tuesdays and Fridays as I take her to Peace and Paws to play with her friends, Max, Ellie-Rose, Spryte and Jerome. No matter where … Continue reading Windows | Walk With Ken Boyle – January 28, 2020
Mr. N | Walk With Ken Boyle – January 22, 2020
Hi there. I am so happy you can join me on our walk this afternoon. Here, in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, it is around thirty-two degrees, and the sun has been bright upon the snow. We have probably six or so inches of snow from the last storm on Saturday. Last night when Dale and I … Continue reading Mr. N | Walk With Ken Boyle – January 22, 2020
Little House on the Prairie | Walk With Ken Boyle – January 15, 2020
Today is January 15, 2020. This pastor is still trying to accept that the year is truly 2020. Do you remember how some people were concerned when the date was December 31, 1999? Some felt a great cosmic happening would take place, and here we are twenty years beyond that date, and … Continue reading Little House on the Prairie | Walk With Ken Boyle – January 15, 2020
Hope – Walk With Ken Boyle LXXXIX
COMMENT FROM KEN AND DALE: May your Easter Day be filled with hope and love with your family and others as we celebrate eternal life -through Jesus Christ our Lord. SCRIPTURE: John 20: 18 – 20 (edited) 18Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her. 19Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. It is … Continue reading Hope – Walk With Ken Boyle LXXXIX