October 7, 2020 “What happens here, doesn’t stay here…” Dear Church Family, So often I hear people say, “Why are you on Facebook? ...

September 30, 2020 “What happens here, doesn’t stay here…” Dear Church Family, Recently, I’ve been recalling Mr. Himes, my 7th grade...

September 23, 2020 “What happens here, doesn’t stay here…” Dear Church Family, As usual, there has been a text on my mind this week.I...

September 16, 2020 “What happens here, doesn’t stay here…” Dear Church Family, I was moved today to read a story of Saint Teresa of...

September 9, 2020 Dear Church Family, Have you ever heard the expression, “You just have to roll with punches”? While I don’t consider...

September 2, 2020 Dear Church Family, I’ve been thinking lately about the pictures that you look at - and if you look at it one way, you...

August 26, 2020 Dear Church Family, I was reminded today that it was Dietrich Bonhoeffer who said, “In normal life, we hardly realize how...

August 19, 2020 Dear Church Family, To say I am blessed to be in ministry with wonderful people is an understatement. One of the many...

August 12, 2020 Dear Church Family, As usual, there was a lot in last Sunday’s texts, many times too much to cover in one sermon. One...

August 6, 2020 Dear Church Family, I begin today with a text shared by another UCC Pastor in which I, myself, found well.... read it...

July 31, 2020 (late edition) Dear Church Family, This week, the highlight of my reading was an article from the Baptist News Worldwide. ...

July 22, 2020 Dear Church Family, This just in: “We have a future!” The prophet Jeremiah in the Hebrew Testament reminds the few...

July 15, 2020 Dear Church Family, I find myself deep in the chaos of life and searching for the Holy as I write this.  So many hurting,...

8 July 2020 It happened again, same song different day.  A few weeks back I wrote about a song that was on my heart, a song I hadn’t...

July 1, 2020 In the narrative around Jesus’ death on the cross from Matthew 27:45 we find this description of the moment and Jesus’...

June 24, 2020 On Tuesday evening, I was on a ministry review call and was asked a question: “What makes your heart sing? / What brings...

June 18, 2020 Good morning! Today’s e-News comes with a warning. This article contains a West Virginia story. There - that’s your...

June 17, 2020 It seems I am waking up more and more with a song or a scripture on my heart. This day I awoke with both, a scripture from a