The last month of Summer is upon us and that’s always a bit of aninteresting time in the church. In general, Summer is tough toprogram for… people are unpredictably busy, last second trips seemto happen fairly often and while the…
Sometimes I really wish I could stop living in history. Watching as the world seems to constantly quake around us, I find myself worrying about the future. About my daughter, about the life of the church in a world that…
Here comes summer! Summer is a fun time around the Presbyterian Church of West Salem. We start meeting earlier in the day (less fun for me and other non-morning people, but the morning people get VERY perky for some reason)…
What, you thought we were done with Easter? Nuh uh. Strap up andstrap in, we’re doing this for the long haul. And I don’t just mean the next few weeks while all our paraments arewhite and the lilies are still…
I just preached what might have been the worst sermon since I’ve come toPCOWS! Last night we had a bad storm that led to us cancelling the Lenten SoupSupper and going entirely virtual for the prayer service. There were someunexpected…
It’s that time of year where I start freaking out my Confirmationclass by talking about the Statements of Faith that they will bewriting at the end of their two years. It’s an intimidatingdocument to write, primarily because they have never…
From the Pastor’s Desk…. Some of you may have noticed that the worship service has been changed up recently. Nothing big, all the parts that were always there are still there, but rearranged a bit. When we first made the…