Dearly beloved, Wrestling is not one of those sports that I tend to watch (football is my sport of choice – Go Bills!). Yet, I have often found myself wrestling over the years – it seems to happen most often at night, accompanied by worries and imagined scenarios. This week,...

Dearly beloved, Phew! Not liking this heat whatsoever! It is as “Mother Nature” is angry with us. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1 & 2) and instructed humanity to till and keep it. Earlier translation often spoke of humanity “having dominion” over creation. This...

Dearly beloved, We conclude our series this weeks on “I’ve been meaning to ask…” with the question of “where do we go from here?” In this age of GPS, it isn’t often that we seek out others to help us get from one place to another. We have become more...

Dearly beloved, We continue our worship series with the question of “what do you need?” “Need” not “want”. What do we really need? How much of what we think we need is really a want? How much of what the world says that we need is just a re-framed want?...

Dearly beloved, We continue our series “I’ve been meaning to ask” with the question: “Where does it hurt?” This can be a decidedly vulnerable question to be asked or to ask of another. We more often than not want to hide our pain – both from others as well as...