Welcome to the season of Advent: the season of waiting, joyful expectation, and anticipation! I’ve explained in years past that Advent comes from a Latin word meaning, “coming” or “arrival.” When we celebrate Advent, we are not celebrating the birth of Jesus (ok, a little bit we are). Instead we’re celebrating and looking forward to…
As November comes to a close with a wintery Thanksgiving for us in Erie, PA, we embrace December in it’s chilly embrace while we cherish making memories with the people we love. In December with Christmas and New Years coming up, I think we all can relate with looking back over the past year. This…
A blessed November to you all. This year, for some reason, I’ve been thinking a lot about parts and partiality. I’m one of those people who hates to leave things half done or hanging on for another day. It’s so bad, in fact, that the first thing I do after getting home from a vacation…
Whenever the temperature starts to cool down, I’ve started to make it a personal challenge of mine to see how long it is until I need to turn the thermostat from the ‘cool’ to ‘heat’ setting. This year I can proudly say that I made it to the last week of October before I had…
I didn’t realize this until recently but 2025 is an odd year of remembering for me. In September, I celebrated 10 years of ordained ministry. In October I celebrate 8 years of serving as your pastor. In November I’ll celebrate 20 years of being out of high school. And I also celebrate 16 years of…
As we bring a close to September, we officially awake in October (Green Day reference, anyone?!) and welcome the season of Autumn. The changes in nature are brimming, and you can tell by the color changing on the leaves of the trees and the weather getting cool. I love sweater and cardigan weather, so this…