Greetings, Friends! I’m always excited about ordinations – new servants of God ready to live out their ministry among us prompting all of us to go deeper with our walk with the Lord. In the sermon at Saturday’s ordination of two new transitional deacons, the Rev. Deacon Mitch Yudasz and the Rev. Deacon Anthony Estes, … Continue reading Welcoming Cuba
Greetings, Friends! Advent is here! I think this is one of my favorite seasons of the year because I love the anticipation of the miracle of Christ’s birth at Christmas. To be fair, I also love the season of Lent as we prepare for Jesus’ gift of perfect love for us and his glorious Resurrection … Continue reading Taking Action During Advent
Greetings, Friends! I hope you all had alovely Thanksgiving with family and friends last week! Now that Thanksgiving is past, we arebeginning to move away from our last liturgical year and are ready to start thenew one with the First Sunday in Advent this Sunday. Of course, all the stores were tryingdesperately to get our … Continue reading I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.”
Greetings, Friends!! Last week I became aware of some startling and disturbing statistics: there were over 44,000 deaths by suicide in the US in 2015 and, of these, over 22,000 were committed by veterans. In fact, there is an average of 20 veteran deaths by suicide every day and of these 20, only 6 of … Continue reading Suicide Prevention and The Faith Community
Greetings, Friends! This morning as I was driving to church, I was listening to NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday when I heard the story of the MacArthur Fellow, Vijay Gupta, a violist from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In the interview, Gupta shared his passion for playing music and his passion for sharing the gift of music … Continue reading Vote Faithfully
Greetings, Friends! I’m afraid that I am writing with a heavy heart this week. In just minutes, the Senate will vote whether or not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as our next Supreme Court justice. Even though you will know the outcome of that vote by the time you read this blog, there are some thoughts … Continue reading The Doctrine of Discovery
Greetings, friends! This has been a tough news week. I’m almost tempted to leave it at that for today. I’m weary and touchy from trying to follow all of the discussions surrounding Judge Kavanaugh’s potential confirmation to the Supreme Court. On the one hand, I’d love to just hide away because I find this all … Continue reading Seeking Justice, Seeking Christ
