Congregation Reflections

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 talk to anyone anywa...

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 off the incessant nois...

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 much, yadda, yadda, ya...

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 put this elaborate ...

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. This weather can make...

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

I was reading a devotional this morning. Guided towards thinking of Advent, it began heavily and toiled on, admonishing me that we mere mortals are not worth...

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 up in the country ...

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, Dada, much to my d...

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 the new bookshelves...

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 my thoughts. But ye...

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 some weighty discuss...

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 is the same view I h...

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 of art and posters a...

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 feet? Yeah, that is no...

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

Summer has a whole new meaning for me this year. Well for several reasons. First of all, I just retired from the working world! Yep, the days stretch on and ...

It's really hot out. So what am I doing? Baking brownies. Hunh? Yep, baking brownies. We are going to someone's house today to celebrate things going on in t...

When I was a kid, I remember sitting on the front steps of our house and watching the world go by. We did not live on a busy street by any means, so the worl...

There is a story from Scripture which tells of a woman who was afflicted with some kind of disease for many years. She had obviously heard of Jesus' miraculo...