Nine years ago I was ordained on a Palm Sunday. It has become a fun and beautiful tradition to share that with you, or remind you of it, every Palm Sunday, so thank you for playing along and letting me celebrate a special day in my life with all of you. Ha. But I also […]
Last week Pastor Stephanie said something in her sermon that I can’t get out of my head. And I will say that sermon was incredibly timely and relevant, and if you haven’t listened to it, you should. But the thing I can’t get out of my head, and definitely not the main takeaway of last […]
Tonight, as we step into the season of Lent, I’m encouraging us to try something new this year. There’s some truth that we as people – not just here at First Presbyterian – but we the people have experienced loss. I don’t know it’s the healthy thing this Lent to go into the season with […]
For the past couple weeks, Scripture has been leading us through light and epiphanies. This season of light has been one focused on helping us see the world we already live in with greater understanding… or at least a little more clarity. Two Sundays ago we stood with Isaiah and Matthew in a moment when […]
Take a moment and prayerfully consider what is happening in our country and world. Pay attention to your body as you do. What do you feel? What do you carry? Although this may not be true for everyone, taking a moment to really reflect might lead us into a moment of heaviness. Sometimes all of […]
The first Sunday after Christmas is always a little… barren. Let’s be honest about that. We were just here a few days ago. We lit candles on Christmas Eve. We sang Silent Night. We heard the angels, the shepherds, the good news of great joy. Some of us are still tired from hosting, traveling, cooking, or simply being around people for an extended period […]
Many of us might have learned that fear is a problem that must be overcome. Or that feeling fear is a negative emotion that we are supposed to push down. Or maybe we feel something along the lines of if we were truly faithful, truly trusting God; we would feel calmer, steadier, more certain, less […]
Of course, there are some passages in Scripture that are pretty intense, sometimes so much so that it causes us to fidget a little or sit up a little straighter when we hear them. Malachi gives us one of those moments, which is why I think it’s worth reading the passage again. These three verses […]
