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  • Minister’s Musing July 25,2025

    As I write this, the church is buzzing with children, leaders, volunteers and soon-to-be guests experiencing a taste of the arts. I see so many different kinds of creations and hear the sounds of singing and ukulele. This is the stuff of childhood summer memory-making, camp relationships, and leaders learning to be leaders. read more
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  • Minister’s Musing July 18,2025

    “The good old days aren’t what they used to be.” I love that saying. It is so easy when we are feeling dissatisfied with how things are at the moment to reach back into a remembered past and feel good about a previous time. read more
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  • Minister’s Musing for July 11th 2024

    John J. Collins is Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School. He wrote an introductory book to the Hebrew Bible and in his chapter on Ruth he says “One of the great contributions of the Hebrew Bible to world literature lies in the development of prose fiction, specifically the novella, or short story.” read more
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  • Minister’s Musing July 4,2025

    This Sunday we embark on our journey with Ruth (winner of the OT book of choice for July. FYI, the Book of Revelation won for August). read more
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  • Minister’s Musing June 29,2025

    Where did your faith come from? I mean, how did it come to pass that you are connected with a faith community, that you have a relationship with the divine, however you would talk about that? Did it develop from childhood, learned at the feet of adult mentors? Did it emerge in adolescence as you questioned everything, including your place in the universe? Did it emerge as you faced challenges in life that called for it? And if you lost it along the way, has it returned? And if so, how does that happen? read more
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