Over a year ago, we attended a meeting of married priests (Corpus) held in the meeting room of the Inclusive Community in Nutley. We were pleasantly surprised to meet two people whom I had not seen since seminary days, Anthony Padavano and Dick Scaine. It was a joyous reunion. Anthony invited us to come to one of the Community’s services and we have continued to be a part of the community since then. The worship features the most inspiring homilies that we have ever heard, a combination of sound theology, scholarship and practicality. Another feature, which has helped us grow in faith, has been the educational lectures given by Dick Scaine, assisted by his wife Mary.

We joined the Inclusive Community last year and on February 4th of this year, I was honored to accept an invitation from the Community to be installed as a member of the clergy team. It delights me that I can prepare my sermons in partnership with my wife, Terry. The atmosphere is very casual and spontaneity and creativity are the order of the day. All of the members of the Community with whom we share humor, sorrows and the highs and lows of daily life are much like what we envision the early Christian communities to have been.