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I tried and tried to write something happy and uplifting. But every time I started writing, my thoughts turned to the overwhelming number of significant issues occurring in our country – and throughout the world. It truly can feel overwhelming. So I gave in. Like some of you I’ve spoken to recently, I’m limiting my … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: June 2018

So, the Council of Bishops ended their week of prayer, discernment and decision making on what the direction of the United Methodist Church will look like in the near future. The primary topic was what to do with the discriminatory language in the Book of Discipline, specifically in the “Social Principles” where homosexuality is seen … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: May 2018

I guess I’m not the only one who lost track of time this week after Easter.  I remember starting a piece for April 1st on our perception of time and how the month of March seems to drag on and on and on. Truth is… it’s only one day longer than 5 of the other … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: April 2018

March is such a funny month, not really winter and not yet spring.  It’s like the world is in a holding pattern waiting for a decision to be made.  Exactly what that decision is I’m not sure. And the fact that Lent is always in March just seems to add to the uncertainty. In March, … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: March 2018

The scriptures for the first Sunday of February, the Sunday before the Transfiguration, are Isaiah 40:21-31 and Mark 1:29-39. Since I’m preaching about the healing of Simon Peter’s mother-in-law (Mk 1:29-31), I thought I’d share my thoughts on another important message found in these verses: the Bigness is Smallness of GOD. Isaiah offers a litany … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: February 2018

10 resolutions for 2018 offered by Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners Source URL: https://sojo.net/articles/10-resolutions-2018 1. To start each day with a “yes!” to my faith — and to my personal and public morality. Especially since I will be saying no to so much this next year, I want to start by saying yes to God’s love, … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: January 2018

The All Hallows Triduum: All Hallows Eve, All Saints Day and All Souls Day, bring an end to the harvest season and the close of the ancient Celtic calendar year.  The blending an assimilating of pagan and Christian rituals, customs and beliefs paved the way for what we now call Halloween. I’m sharing this brief … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: November 2017

I love the changing foliage; the dark late-summer green so subtly shifting to a yellowy-orange or orangey-red.  My favorite leaves are the multi-colored ones - not fully ‘become’ what they are transitioning to be and yet still holding-on, or letting-go, of what they once were.  When you get the chance, look closely at one of … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: October 2017

From time to find I read things that are just worth sharing. Thank you Rick and Sue Thurston for introducing me to the writings of Peter Enns and for sharing this one piece in particular.  It’s an extension of a message of been sharing with all of you these last several months as we study … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: August 2017

In the New Revised Standard translation of Scripture, the word “Water” is found in the scriptures 707 times. The translations I most frequently use in worship show: 617 times (New International Version), 700 times (Common English Bible), 636 (King James Version). Nowhere else in scripture is water more important than in Genesis (31x) and Exodus … Continue reading Pastor’s Corner: July 2017