When I was 10 years old, I began experimenting with baking and trying my hand at cooking. I was not experienced and certainly didn’t always have common sense to question my reading of the recipes I followed. The first thing I ever baked on my own was banana bread. I used my mother’s hand-written recipe … [Read more…]
Join us on Father’s Day for outside worship on the church lawn. We will be honor our Fathers as well as the volunteers and staff who keep things going at our church! BYOC, bring your own chair, and relax and enjoy a beautiful day, some good music, the word of God, and some great company. … [Read more…]
As a parent now, I have come to understand the definition of love, joy, and motherhood very differently than I used to, which means when I think of celebrating Mother’s Day, I understand it as honoring more than just the act of having given birth. Mother’s Day is about the love of mothers and that … [Read more…]
Join us on May 23rd for our traditional Pentecost worship service! We will lighting candles and here the stories of the Apostles as we celebrate the presence of the Holy Spirit in the world. When: Sunday May 23rd, 10AM Where: Church Sanctuary and on Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88440646436?pwd=REEzdGVlVVhFNTFwMkZSMHlpU29LZz09
When I was a child it didn’t take much to scare me. I was scared of the dark, the woods after dark, the family dog (the meanest dog you’d ever meet), Freddy Kruger (thanks to my older brothers), and vampires. I remember very clearly I had slept over my friend’s house one night and when … [Read more…]
Join us on September 17th for the start of our online Zoom study of Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians. Come and find community and learn about the history of the early Christian Church, find hope, learn about God, and humanity. Come for one class or all classes. All you need is a Bible and … [Read more…]
One day when I was a preschool teacher, I had a little boy in my class who was sitting at circle time and he interrupts attendance to make an announcement. “My grandpa died.” I said “Oh that’s very sad. I’m sorry to hear that.” I was trying to tread very carefully because his family were … [Read more…]
I love the stories of Genesis because they really get to the bottom of human relationship and human life. They are not preached on often and many people struggle to figure out how to find the lessons in these stories for today’s modern life. But the lessons are there. These stories are examples for us. … [Read more…]
I was going to preach on Abraham’s compassion and hospitality that he showed to the three visitors from God. But as I read this passage over and over again, I couldn’t help but come back to the miraculous ways in which God works in our world and in our lives. For the past couple of … [Read more…]
So there has been so many lessons that I have learned since social distancing began. One of the things that I have learned is that I do not like staring at myself as I preach and run worship. I find it very distracting. I have become very aware of my own sensitivities because of Zoom … [Read more…]
