Pastor’s Newsletter Articles
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Someone Else’s Side of the Story
Have you ever heard a story so fascinating that you wanted to hear it again but from someone else’s perspective?
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I Asked for Wonder
The music and movies they’re making these days just aren’t as good as the ones they used to make, are they? …Or are they?
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“Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore”
This fear isn’t new, though. As long as there has been a church, faithful Christians worried that the next generation didn’t take the faith seriously.
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Our Common Life Depends Upon Each Other’s Toil
We have holidays for all sorts of things, but I think Labor Day may be the only American holiday that draws attention to and honors “each other’s toil…”
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Ask God for Good Things
Last night after dinner, Ryan asked me, “Is it night time yet?” I said, “Why do you ask?” He said, “You said we could have lollies at night time.” “Lollies” are Ryan and Micah’s name for “Bomb Pops.” I grinned and opened the freezer door. “Yes, it’s night time.”
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Mission: The Good God is Inviting Us to Do in the World Together
What is the good God has invited you to do in the world? And what is the good you believe God might be inviting you to do in the world through your church with other church members and our community?
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When We Move Toward God, God Moves Toward Us
Sometimes the practices we follow really do shape our lives.
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Some Updates About Fairplain
A couple weeks ago, someone from Presbytery asked me to write a few notes about Fairplain and how Presbytery (other area PC(USA) churches) can pray for us. I wanted to share some (slightly edited) highlights with you.
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Turn Down the Radio
If Lent tunes our hearts in to a reality beyond what we can see with our eyes, hear with our ears, and taste with our mouths, then when Easter arrives, our hearts will be better tuned to sense God’s grace.
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Helped By Those We Know, and Those We May Never Meet
Ben Franklin said, “God helps those who help themselves,” but in my experience, God most often helps us through others, and others through us. We have all been helped along by people we have never met, and most of us have helped people we’ve never met. What a gift God gave us in each other!