Beginning next week, we will be in “virtual conversations” about these odd life and times we are in. We are thinking of something on the order of a fireside chat with a Christian twist via modern technology. We hope you will not only overhear our conversations as your pastoral staff, but also chime in elsewhere […]
WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO FAT SUNDAY
“Sing to the Lord a new song!” That phrase repeats itself in Scripture from Isaiah to Revelation. This Sunday we’ll do precisely that with our jazz-themed worship. This is how we invite God’s Spirit to swoop, touch, and bless us in stirring ways. This is the last Sunday before Lent. Just as the rich diet […]
HOW WE ARE NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
“That may be all right for other people, but that is not who we are. We are people of faith.” I know, it sounds like something our mom told us, which made us groan. Nevertheless, I am convinced that our willingness to utter words like these to our young and espouse them ourselves will be key […]
ARE PEOPLE WORTH IT?
Do you ever grow weary of human beings and feel like quitting? Let’s face it, we all do. Do you ever become sick of people and wonder if prickly others are worth it? It happens to everyone. As we head into the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, I wonder how he managed to keep […]
ENTERING A REALM OF MIRACLES
And Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger…. In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around […]
ARE YOU IN? CAN WE COUNT ON YOU?
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing. – Malachi 3:10 (NRSV) Newcomers to the […]