Author: Amy Ostwald   Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your...

Author: Nicole Speer But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” ~Matthew 16:23 “Where will your discomfort...

Called to Courage                                                                                                Author: Eric...

Author: Chris Braudaway-Bauman “ . . . a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that truly is life.” I Timothy 6:19 As we prepare to emerge from the pandemic and come back together, church...

Author: Larry Dansky Love bears all things . . .. hopes all things . . . So now faith, hope, and love abide . . . 1 Corinthians 13:7,13 Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu The...

Author:  Karen Hoover Love bears all things . . . hopes all things, 1 Corinthians 13:7 On Good Friday at 4:30 in the afternoon we entered the sanctuary, having made a COVID timed-entry appointment to see the Butterfly Memorial...

Author: Nicole Speer I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. ~John 13:34 A couple of months ago I was having tea with a friend when I saw a man walking down...

Author: Linda Kowatch Today we find ourselves in the midst of Holy Week. Just two days ago we celebrated Palm Sunday as Jesus entered Jerusalem under the triumphal cheers of “Hosanna!” Most of us know some of the other significant...

Author: Libby Black   At the annual meeting in March the question was asked: What percent of our pledges goes toward Mission and Social Action? My answer is, absolutely, 100%.    Church is a place where we learn to...

Author: Pedro S. Silva II He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall...