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I’ve been decompressing so far on this renewal leave. Time to read and play and walk and touch base with people and eat good food. …

Text: Luke 11:1-10 This year as we journey through Lent, we are being led by prayer. Well, one prayer in particular. The prayer that Jesus…

Text: Luke 21:25-36, Jeremiah 33:14-16 Have you ever been at a gathering… maybe with family or with friends… and all of a sudden you didn’t…

Text: Mark 8:31-9:8 I have been thinking this week about my grandfather. A little less than a year ago he died and in the weeks…

Text: Philemon 1:1-17 On Monday night, our Administrative Council gathered to talk about how we are doing as a church and what we wanted to…

Text: Matthew 7:24-25; Ephesians 3:14-19 Who holds you up? What keeps you from toppling? In the midst of storms and fire and viruses and racism…

I am exactly nine days into my renewal leave and I had a dream last night about an Administrative Council meeting. I was back at…

It’s been a while. A long time since I just sat down to write without a deadline looming. Without it being someone else’s project. Without…