The Dawning of a New Year

The Dawning of a New Year

We all enjoy something new. A new restaurant opens and we want to eat there. A new movie premieres and we want to see it. Your alma mater hires a new coach and you want to see how the team does in its first game under the new coach. And who doesn’t like the smell of a...

The Little Moments Make the Best Memories

I had the chance to reflect with our high school Sunday school class this past week about the past five years.  I shed more than a few tears- some out of the pain of knowing how much I will miss these students and some because I was just laughingthat hard!  I had...

Hold on to Your Hymnal!

A significant part of a church musician’s life deals with music and text. Perhaps if you are only an organist, you have fewer “words” in your professional life, but if you are involved with choirs – or hymn playing – it’s music and text, a very...

Signs of the Times

I am ignorant about popular culture, and my ignorance is, for the most part, willful. I do not know why I should keep up with the Kardashians. I had to Google the name to make certain I spelled it correctly. And I don’t know whywhy I should carecare about the latest...

Today's News

While nursing my morning cup of tea, I watched the news. The juxtaposition of two stories caught my attention. Story one. A devastating earthquake has flattened large structures in Eastern Turkey, and the body count is rising. The situation is grim. Story two....

Sharing in the Journey

Guest Blogger: Dr. Daniel G. Bagby Interim Associate Pastor for Pastoral Care You’ve honored me with the invitation to work as your interim associate pastor for pastoral care during the next few months, and I am eager to serve and to be of any support I can add to...