From the Pastor

Along with Lent, the liturgical color for Advent is purple. The purple seasons are seasons of preparation. In both seasons, there is a theme of introspection. In my experience, Lent tends to be a time of very personal introspection; we think out our sin and how to live a more righteous life and we prepare for remembering Jesus' death in Holy Week and his resurrection on Easter so that we can be personally more grateful disciples, better disciples, so that we can celebrate

Hello, friends, Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you're with family or friends--people you love and who love you. I hope you're being filled with that love and, yes, with good food, too. I'm thinking today about one of the most important gifts that God has given humanity. Of course, when we think of what God has given us, we tend to think first of things we need: food, shelter, clothing, protection from our enemies. If we went just a little farther in that kind of thinking, I

There's a lot of remembrance at this time of year. October 31 is the date Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the church at Wittenburg, and so we remember the start of the Reformation on Halloween, or the closest Sunday. Of course, "Halloween" means "Hallow's eve," or the day before All Saints' (Hallowed persons') Day. On All Saints' Day we remember those who have died in the Lord before us. We believe that "the work begun in their baptism is complete," that

In late September, scammers pretending to be me asked a bunch of you to buy some gift cards and send them pictures of the numbers on the...

Hello, friends, I'm hearing reports from many of my friends that someone is spoofing my identity and asking people to send Apple gift...

This post serves as an announcement of staff changes at First Presbyterian Church, but also much more. Tina Brumley has been reducing...

Discipleship is about learning from Jesus how we are to live our lives. Last Sunday (July 27), I preached on the part of Luke including...

The Spirit moves among us! This Sunday is a happy alignment of Spirit actions. First, Callie Babcock, daughter of this congregation and...

In the rhythm of the church year, we've covered most of the big events: anticipating the incarnation during Advent in December,...

First of all, I've posted before in this blog that Pentecost is not a Season. Pentecost is the last Sunday of the Season of Easter. The...

I'm sure I've said this before in a sermon or previous blog post, but it bears repeating and points to many other stories that are...

The Community of Taize started from the experience of its founder, Brother Roger in World War II. Their website  says: When the Second...