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Jim and the choir forbade me from including the song I REALLY wanted us to sing today. They said it was too… funereal. The rolled their eyes and grimaced when they practiced it. I just

Mark Twain once quipped, “A self-made man is like a self-laid egg.” I like that.  None of us create ourselves. Eugene Peterson, a wonderful pastor and scholar who has recently passed away, wrote, “We are

Sometimes, a scripture will just hit me the wrong way. That’s what this week’s scripture reading did: When you are invited to a wedding banquet, don’t sit in the place of honor, in case someone

This day marks 400 years since the first arrival of enslaved Africans in English-speaking North America. They landed in late Aug. 1619 in Hampton VA. And the history of America was changed forever. The burdens

“Don’t be like Garfield”?  What does that have to do with today’s Scripture reading?  According to the cartoon that adorns this week’s bulletin cover, Garfield was aware of the great needs around him, but he

So here we are headed towards summer’s finish line. It’s the first week in August and what wonderful holiday do we have to look forward to his month you ask? Well, let’s see... January we

The Lord’s Prayer shows up twice in the Gospels. The one we all know and say every week is in Matthew. It’s longer, and has more detail. The one we don’t say every week is

When reading scripture, it’s always important to pay attention to what comes before, and what comes after a story. Like this story of the sisters Martha and Mary. A story of two women, one who

Have you ever felt completely isolated- alone- like there is no one there you can lean on? Have you ever been in pain in the middle of the night, and known it was just you

So do you think that these disciples whom Jesus had just instructed what to do were overjoyed and excited to be sent out to share the good news of Jesus?  Probably not.  I’m confident in