Pastors Corner

The Faith of Our Fathers How grateful I am to be appointed for a second year to serve in a 1/4 time capacity as your pastor. As most of you are aware, this was the […]

It Happened in That Upper RoomPENTECOSTThe Day the Church Was Born There is a building in Jerusalem which stands on the traditional site of the home where some believe the famous “Upper Room” was located. […]

The Day They Said Goodbye to Jesus This Sunday is the day on which we remember the Ascension of Jesus–that is, the day the disciples said goodbye to him. Would they never see him again? […]

The Best Way to Honor Fallen Veterans “Greater love has no one than this:to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”–John 15:13 This week, as our nation plans its Memorial Day observance, Nancy Model shared […]

May the Road Rise Up to Meet You I have always loved the beauty of the Celtic spirituality and its emphasis upon the essential goodness of all creation. The ancient Celtics trusted that the presence […]

The Mother of Methodism:Susanna Wesley“Strength Guided by Kindness” One scholar described Susanna Wesley’s children as “a cluster of bright, vehement, argumentative boys and girls, living by a clean and high code, and on the plainest […]

It’s a “Do-Over” In the old movie, “City Slickers,” there is a scene in which three friends are together and one of them is telling the others about how he has messed up his entire […]

Death and Taxes I would rather do windows. Or dig ditches. Or eat dirt. Than to do my taxes. But it comes round every year on April 15, whether we like it or not. What […]

The Donkey Whisperer This Sunday is Palm Sunday, the day on which we remember Jesus’ final entry into Jerusalem.  Luke tells us that he chose to ride into town on “a colt that has never […]

We live in a culture that is obsessed with appearances.  The pressure to project an attractive image that measures up to celebrity standards can be especially oppressive to today’s youth. Is the measure of a […]

First Things First We all do it.  We “sweat the small stuff.”  We “major in minors.” We get our priorities upside down.  And thus the most important things in life which deserve our attention get pushed […]