Minister's Musings

We call this spot in the Friday message the Ministers’ Musings. We often use it to give a taste of what’s coming on Sunday, but really, it is a chance to let you in on what we are thinking. read more

The parables for this Sunday are the lost sheep and the lost coin. When we think of these parables we think of the joy described when the sheep and coin are found. The woman with the coin even throws a party (that probably cost way more than the coin itself)! read more

Holy Smokes! I am likely dating myself but my Dad always used to say that when something remarkable happened. “Holy smokes, look at that!” It could be an amazing play on the ice, it could be a lightening strike, it could be a sunset, it could be a big fish, it could be an explosion. Good, bad, but never indifferent. Holy Smokes! read more

There is a wonderful section from the book of Hebrews that unfolds a long list of faithful people who have lives important lives and shown just what happens when we place God’s love at the heart of our life. “By faith” all these people who have gone before us lived, and loved, and God was there. And then it ends with “So then, if we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…” let us live our own lives with love at the center… read more

If we google “top news” today we will find stories of countries at war, extreme heat, children dying, arrests and targeted shootings, starvation, overdoses, wildfires and more. There is so much happening it might just feel like everything is about to come to an end. read more

This Sunday we are halfway through our sojourn in the book of Revelation. In the first week we were introduced to this wild piece of writing that behaves more like a vivid dream than any waking way of behaving. And last week Julie explored the nature of apocalyptic literature. She kept saying “bing!” and pointing out how images and characters within the wild stories of Revelation would have resonated with either real people in the world of the original readers or key stories within their faith. “Bing!” does this ring a bell? read more