Oct 22, 2015 | Pastor's Blog
You may have noticed at some point walking into our lower commons that we are a Protestant denomination. Our rather large painting of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to the wall betrays us in that entryway. To be sure, we are some of the most ecumenical...
Oct 15, 2015 | Pastor's Blog
My title sounds like the beginning of a column on money or the 2016 budget, but it is not. If, at the end of these paragraphs, you believe that I am exhorting you to give more money to the church, then you have misread me—not that there is anything wrong with that....
Oct 8, 2015 | Pastor's Blog |
Apparently germs are not the only thing we can worry about “catching.” Recent studies have determined that emotions are also infectious! According to social contagion observations, we humans are affected (infected) by behaviors, moods, and outlooks that spread from...
Sep 30, 2015 | Pastor's Blog |
Below is the audio and text from Bill Rusher’s Stewardship article originally published in the Fall 2015 quarterly Explorer. Because of my line of work, I am more aware of and interested in the details of the infrastructure at church. That can range from...
Sep 17, 2015 | Pastor's Blog
On Sunday September 13, our church had a special service of worship. We each participated in a ceremony to mark the beginning of a new and changing year together. Each person in attendance, regular worshipper and guest alike, was given the opportunity to come forward...
Sep 9, 2015 | Pastor's Blog
Last Sunday marked the conclusion of Sheryl Johnson’s tenure as Interim Minister of Christian Education and Spiritual Formation at our church. Sheryl and her husband Eric have been church members for many years and, when I first approached her about joining our staff,...
