Pastor’s Note
Weekly Update from Pastor Chris | April 30, 2020
Prayer and Discernment in the Midst of Crisis These past weeks have had much to teach us and I, like you, have struggled to find meaning or purpose in what…
Read MoreWe are God’s Ideas
Shifting Identities In my experience, it seems that when life makes a big shift, I re-examine who I am and how I’m doing. Oh, not right away. Not right now…
Read MoreJesus Walks With Us
Relatable Followers If there are two followers of Jesus we can relate to- it has to be Cleopas and his friend on the road to Emmaus. They aren’t part of…
Read MoreWeekly Update from Pr. Chris | April 23, 2020
Innovation and Gratitude We continue to navigate our way through these trying and anxious times. I am amazed at the many innovative ways the Kingdom work of God can be accomplished while coping with social distancing, stress and the fear of the…
Read MorePraise of Creation
“The heavens are telling the glory of God… There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the earth,…
Read MoreUnlocked
The Easter Story Continues In our gospel reading for this Sunday, it really still is the very first Easter Sunday. Jesus has just been raised from the dead. He’s appeared…
Read More50th Anniversary of Earth Day
April 22, 2020 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day As Christians, we celebrate that God created the world and God’s hand continues to create life. We are greatly blessed…
Read MoreWeekly Update from Pastor Chris | April 16, 2020
Christ is Risen! He is Risen, indeed! Alleluia! Alleluia! We have come through certainly the most unique Holy Week quite possibly since the very first one 2000 years ago! What…
Read MoreGo and Tell
Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Alleluia! Oh, my siblings in Christ, it has been a long, unexpected, sometimes brutal, often beautiful Lent and in the midst of…
Read MoreWeekly Update from Pastor Chris | April 9, 2020
The Great Three Days As we enter into the Triduum (The Great Three Days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter), we have much to give thanks for even as…
Read MoreGod in the Mess
God in the Mess Even in my relatively short life I have known triumph and tragedy. I have been alongside many of you in your darkest hours and also celebrated…
Read MoreWhat’s allowed during a social distancing version of Holy Week
Normalcy Disrupted Let’s allow ourselves plenty of space to lament the disruption of normalcy. Let’s grant ourselves permission to grieve the experiences we have lost, the time with friends and…
Read MoreWeekly Update from Pastor Chris | April 2, 2020
Adapting to Connect We continue to move through this time of seismic shifts and changes in our life together and our world. Please know that your church is here for…
Read MoreDry Bones Dancing
Imagine, if you will, the scene surrounding the prophet Ezekiel – taken by the Lord to a valley filled with dry bones. What kind of devastation must there have been for all of that death to take place so that there was not even anyone to bury the dead?
Read MoreDead End
Timely Reading Today we read another long gospel story like the ones we’ve read the last several weeks. As a mainline Christian church, we read these gospel stories in a…
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