Category: Pastor’s Blog
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One Coin Found
When someone you knew in school writes a book, you can’t help but read it. So when my seminary classmate, Emmy Kegler, shared her publication date, “One Coin Found” went right into my Amazon cart. Her memoir/theological resource/bible study traveled with me last April to a conference where I read it during any free moment.…
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Chronic Pain, Care, & God
People are often surprised when I share that I live with chronic pain. I am often bubbly, energetic, and always moving. I’m also young, “too young” for the kind of chronic pain I’ve lived with for most of my life. But due to issues when I was young, a car accident, and extended use of…
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Ordination-versary!
As I write this, I’m getting ready for my vacation at the end of August. So I’m trying my best to get everything done that I can, which includes scheduling social media posts. I didn’t realize quite how emotional I’d be as I created the photo for a Facebook post about my ordination-versary. Rally Day…
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What is Rally Day?
You may have seen or heard that Sunday September 8th is a Small Seeds Sunday and also will be “Rally Day!” at our church. And you may have wondered: What is Rally Day? Simply put, Rally Day is often celebrated in churches at the start of the school year. It’s a way to kick-start the…
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God is Good – Vacation Bible School Prep
God is good. So good. Very good. As I prepared for this year’s vacation bible school at our church, I kept saying these words to myself. When this blog post is uploaded we will be in the midst of our VBS week. But for right now, as I’m writing, we are still in preparations. And…
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Vision Seeking – Renaming Quarterly Meetings
As our last quarterly meeting came to a close, I gave some homework to those gathered. “Do some vision seeking over the next few months.” Silence. Or in other words, “Think about the mission and vision of our church in the coming months”. Our church council has noted that as we look towards 2020, it’s…
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Memorial Garden – Prayer Surrounded by Creation
Several months ago, a member from the Worship & Music committee brought up the idea of a memorial garden at our church. The committee nodded together as we discussed our recent Wednesday night worship experiment. Maybe having a prayer space outside would be a great addition for our church. And so the idea of a…
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God Love You! No Exceptions!
Standing outside our church on my birthday, several members and I read aloud the shared banner, “God loves YOU! NO Exceptions!” “I am so happy and proud to see this at our church!” One member commented to me, asking about the process for our church to place a rainbow banner on our front lawn. Story…
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Ask the Pastor – Worship Stuff Part 5 – Communion
Have you ever wondered why we do what we do during worship? What’s up with the passing the peace? Why do we have a community confession? What exactly are we saying when we profess the creed? Maybe you’ve wondered if there’s more to the offering besides collecting gifts for the church. If you’ve been asking, if…