Congregation Reflections

I have a daily devotional delivered to my email each morning. I usually don’t get around to reading it until the afternoon. But this morn...

I read something today and the image the writer used stuck with me. The writer said it was time to “lean into our faith.” And as I went a...

The darkness of the night always seems oppressive. When I wake up at 2 or 3 as I am frequently wont to do these days, the darkness hovers...

So, in the process of yet another day of staying in the house and seeing virtual friends, family, countrymen (women?) with either real or...

I took a walk this morning. I was in a -don't get in my way-storming the bridge- kind of walk. Brisk and no-nonsense. You can't stop and ...

And kind of freaking out. And yet, not. I'm not sure where to go with all the stuff running around in my head right now. I have turned of...

So the new year always starts off with good intentions, right? We're gonna stop biting our nails, stop cursing so much, stop eating so mu...

As I sit at the computer this morning, I have part of the Nativity scene at my right elbow. I no longer have a mantel over a fireplace to...

So the 4th week of Advent arrives and the sun is shining today! It's been so gloomy and rainy and overcast and, okay, you get the idea. T...

I'm getting the nativity scene ready; preparing the area for the manger/stable tableau. It's a daunting task, made that much more difficu...

I was reading a devotional this morning. Guided towards thinking of Advent, it began heavily and toiled on, admonishing me that we mere m...

So this Sunday we celebrate Christ the King. I've always been somewhat ambivalent about kings and sovereignty and all that. I mean, I grew...

I started out writing this so I could wax eloquent about the fact that our granddaughter spoke her first word yesterday (it was of course...

I was emptying boxes of books today. Usually this is a pleasurable experience as I can enjoy seeing some "old friends" as I place them on...

So usually when I write something, I can't wait to get to the keyboard and start typing. I'm itching to get the words down so I can share...

Years ago I was on a trip with some friends from church. We had opted to drive all night instead of stopping somewhere overnight. We had ...

I sat on my couch today, the day before we move out of the house we have occupied for the last 35 years, and stared out the window. This ...

We are in the process of taking things down off the walls. We're moving you see, so it's necessary to remove the pictures and fake works ...

Did you ever notice that when you want the time to go slowly, it seems to speed up? And when you want it to pass quickly, it drags its fe...

This morning while checking out Facebook, I caught a video about the church wide convention recently held. In the video, the caption to i...