Preparing for Easter
Preparing for Holy Week? Traditionally, the Christian church has used the 40-day period of Lent from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday to prepare spiritually for Holy Week. It is a…
Life-Giving Burdens
Generally, a burden is viewed as something negative that weighs us down and we long to cast off our burdens and to be free. However, as Pastor Andy Gray shared…
Confessing “Our” Sins
Spiritually Aware During a season of prayer and fasting, it is good for us to examine our lives. There are many things for which to rejoice and give thanks. We…
More is Less
When More is Less Life for most people is full -- overwhelmed just with the necessary responsibilities of life. Then there is the bombarding overlay of our culture with endless…
21 Days of Prayer
The Body of Christ During advent we marveled at the mystery of the incarnation by which “the word became flesh and lived among us.” We see in Christ the full…
Engage
Time to Engage It’s fall and normally the time when we transition from a summer of being disengaged from our regular programs to starting the school year again. It's normally…
Celebrating Juneteenth
Reconciling Work of God As pastor of a church with the vision to “demonstrate the reconciling work of God,” I join in welcoming the significant message celebrated by Juneteenth. Like…
Why Did I Get Vaccinated?
Grateful A few weeks ago I went to a Walmart and got the second dose of my Covid-19 vaccine. Other than a little pain in the arm and a need…
If Not For Witnesses
A Witness in Broad Daylight The vast majority of our city and nation gave a huge collective sigh of relief on Tuesday with the announcement of a guilty verdict in…
The Credible Witness of Women
Women Prominent Witnesses One of the unexpected features of the accounts of the resurrection of Jesus is the prominent role of women being the first to witness both the empty…