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…
March begins the season of Lent for 2025 with Ash Wednesday on March 5. Lent is a season in the life of the church to reflect on many things: our fragility and frailty as humans; our need for God; our sins and brokenness and God’s merciful love. Lent is a season to focus on being.…
Happy July everyone! Hopefully this month will be filled with sparklers, cookouts, great weather, and fun for all! As has become my habit, in July I like to take a break from my usual Sunday preaching which follows the lectionary (a set of texts set down for every day of the year) and instead focus…
As I write this it is the waning days of April. The weather has started to get better. I have shut off the heat in the office and opened the window in my office. And I hear, smell, and feel spring. There is a bee that has gotten stuck between my window and the outside…
Advent, like Lent, is a major season in the life of the church. Interestingly, they both celebrate very similar things: The return of Jesus and his power to overcome death, separation, and all things which keep humans and God apart. The word Advent, as I’ve written before, comes from the Latin “adventus” which means “coming.”…
1 O Lord, our Sovereign,how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your glory above the heavens.2Out of the mouths of babes and infantsyou have founded a bulwark because of your foes,to silence the enemy and the avenger.3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,the moon and the…