From the Pastor

I’m getting married!I actually was debating whether or not to talk about that in thisarticle. Typically my impulse is to leave personal life out of it… butin this season where the changes in my personal life are so obvious,it seemed kinda silly. Over the last few years my life has gonethrough some pretty profound changes.…

This past month I spent two weeks deeply involved in our nationalchurch government, called General Assembly. It’s an amazing time,full of amazing people. We discussed matters of justice, matters offaith, matters of finance. We praised God in many languages,listened as bagpipes played, held each other in times of fear, ateand laughed.It’s a messy process, to…

I am currently preparing to attend Presbyterian General Assembly thissummer. This will be the third time I have attended the Assembly and myfirst time going as a delegate, representing our Presbytery at the NationalChurch.I love General Assembly because no one goes on accident. No one is therebecause “well, I guess I have to.” Often there…

Summer again. A time in the church of change and transition, ofhurry up and slow down. It will also be a major change in my ownpersonal life, which might start coming out in Sermons, and thelike, but we’ll see about that.One of the things that often comes up during the summer, whenour attendance typically drops…

If Christianity was a Movie, Easter would be the finale. Big orchestral piece, choirs singing, the stars looking on in amazement as Christ again walked among them. Then credits, cathartic music, and everyone walks to the parking lot to go home. (Or, if they were streaming, goes to the kitchen for a snack? The metaphor…

“He is Risen” is such a weird sentence when you really think about it.Surely we mean that Christ was Resurrected two thousand years ago,right? And yet, that isn’t what we sing on Easter Morning. Instead,we sing “Christ The Lord IS Risen Today!” It’s like how, on Christmas Eve, we declare the child being born as…