Jan 7, 2016 | Pastor's Blog
This afternoon, I am coming down the stretch with some final decisions on anthems that our choirs will be singing between now and the end of June. It’s a complicated puzzle, a bit like the SAT’s all over again – coordinating assigned lectionary scripture readings with...
Jan 1, 2016 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the January 2016 Monthly Explorer January is known as the month for New Year’s resolutions – to watch the diet, to turn over the new leaf, to achieve a certain goal. It is a time when people change calendars, pack Christmas decorations, and...
Dec 30, 2015 | Pastor's Blog
As you know, some folks make new year “resolutions” at the beginning of another year. I’m guessing that a resolution is weak enough to be soon broken or forgotten, so I’m suggesting a more serious “covenant” with yourself—and one other person—as a sacred intention of...
Dec 23, 2015 | Pastor's Blog
John 1:1-5 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. 4 What has come into being in him was life, and the...
Dec 17, 2015 | Pastor's Blog
Luke 2:15-16 This biblical passage challenges several of my assumptions by suggesting more Good News than at first glance: (1) The promised hope is revealed to humble workers performing servile functions, out in the lonely dark of a quiet summer night; so God reminds...
Dec 10, 2015 | Pastor's Blog |
For the past few weeks, Christmas music has become a regular part of our aural experience. We are now hearing all the usual familiar carols and songs in the stores, in various offices, and in the elevator! Those tidings of joy seem to be everywhere in our secular...
