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 Our President Barack Obama announced his decision yesterday that photos of Bin Laden’s body would not be released.  I understand this decision came about on many levels, some of them having to do with national security and possible retaliation in the world.  I am not … Continue reading →

I’m departing from the usual commentary on yesterday’s sermon for this week’s blog.  That seems especially old news today because like you, I awoke this morning to the news that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by American Navy Seals … Continue reading →

Easter morning has passed, and we are already mid-way into our usual weekly routine of work or school, grocery shopping and paying bills, wanting to get outdoors to do yard work, and opting instead to stay inside where it’s dry.  … Continue reading →

There’s nothing quite like the anticipation on the morning you’re going to be baptized.  Yesterday morning there were six who had done their preparation work in Pastor’s Class and one-on-one time with me who were nervously, excitedly, patiently and not … Continue reading →

  Hope.   It was the title of my sermon this week based on the passage from Ezekiel 37:1-14.  It’s the story of the dry bones in the valley, and God telling the prophet that he would bring them alive again.  It … Continue reading →

It’s not often that we read from the King James translation of the Bible on a Sunday morning.  Most often we read from the New Revised Standard translation (our pew bibles) that has gender-inclusive language. Sometimes we read from The Message … Continue reading →

If you’re not familiar with the story of “The Woman at the Well”  it’s found in the Gospel of John 4:5-42.  It’s a long text that is mostly conversation — and it was fun to have it acted out yesterday … Continue reading →

It’s rare that I’m in church and not preaching!  It’s even more rare for me not to preach on a Sunday during Lent.  But yesterday was an occasion that called for another voice from the pulpit — the voice of … Continue reading →

We’ve come to expect that the 1st Sunday in Lent will bring us the story of Jesus being tempted in the wilderness.  Just after his baptism, before his ministry begins, and when Jesus was essentially  a young adult — immediately … Continue reading →

Hello and welcome to my blog.  As part of my personal Lenten discipline and my church’s Lenten programming, I plan to write each week through Easter.  My writing will connect with the sermon I’ve preached that week which you can … Continue reading →