Dearly beloved, As I sit down to write this, it is Ascension Day, when the first chapter of the book of Acts tells of Jesus ascending into heaven. It always falls on the 40th day after Easter; Pentecost follows ten days after that. This account often makes me smile (even...

Dearly beloved, This weekend begins the unofficial start to summer with Memorial day. It is filled with family outings as well as retail sales. Its a day off that affords many a long weekend. Somehow over the years, we have lost sight of the original purpose of Memorial day. Finding...

Dearly beloved, How many of you had or at least remember Pet Rocks? A fad in the mid-70’s, it periodically reappears either for the sake of nostalgia or to see if it can capture the imagination of a new generation “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would...

Dearly beloved, We are just over halfway through the Lenten season (Holy Week and Easter are just a few weeks away). How is your Lenten discipline going? Like New Year’s resolutions, it can be difficult to keep to our commitments. Often we find that once we have “failed”, we totally...

Lent Resources Resources are available for you to use during the 40 days of Lent: “I Love To Tell the Story” Lenten devotional: Pastor Jen has put together a daily Lenten guide that revolves around some of Jesus’ parables in the Gospel of Luke. Each day will have questions, a...