Dear Church, Summer is a gorgeous time here in NE Ohio where all is green. As the poet Joe Pintauro wrote, “Green is a God color.” Summer is also a very busy time for pastors. We’re busy planning for the fall, and we have a lot of cool things to look forward to! Rev’d… Read More »
January 2022 Pastor’s Corner
I’ll structure this in our Herrmann Brain Dominance (from our Project Worship Series) as a reminder and as a way to cover all the ways of communication. Here we go! YELLOW (Idea/why): The idea of this season is: More Light and Truth. We’ll talk about the importance of the bible. We’ll do a little Christian… Read More »
Advent 2021 and Beyond
With the holidays upon us shortly, I wanted to zoom in and talk about our journey through Advent in a little more detail than in my last Pastor’s Corner. Our theme this year is Heaven and Nature Sing! Christmas already happened a long time ago. Hope, Peace, Joy, & Love of Christ can be born again… Read More »
November Pastor’s Corner 2021
November is here and the little sunlight we get is all golden hour. What a blessing this month is and shall be for us. I’m thankful for Harry and Pam who brought us an afternoon of transcendent Irish music with Creggane. I’m thankful for the work of Ellen Nolan and our community in supporting the… Read More »
Pastor’s Corner: October 2021
I can’t believe we’re talking about October. October is my holy month. I love it. The trees on fire and it ends with Halloween! Halloween is spooky but also the most community-focused holiday. You get to visit your neighbors, celebrate their creativity, and give out candy to strangers. That sounds like a picture of the… Read More »
Fall 2021 Discussions
We had a wonderful time discussing Sue Monk Kidd’s Book of Longings. We’ll keep a monthly gathering going from now until the holidays. On Tuesday, September 21 at 7 p.m. at Fellowship Hall, we’ll gather and watch Rob Bell’s Introduction to Joy. Happiness is fleeting, but Joy is something that never leaves. It’s part-sermon, part… Read More »
RE: Church
This fall we will have a new educational series! Regarding: Church! What is this thing called church? Why is our worship structured the way it is? We will take some time and delve into these questions. Why? To remind us of why the liturgy is the way it is and help us go deeper into our… Read More »
Jonah
That’s the one about the whale, right? We just finished up our basic series. We started by exploring our image of God. Images are important. The Bible uses a lot of images for God. If we only approach scripture with our favorite image, say the one from the Sistine Chapel of the bearded guy, then… Read More »
basic: An educational series
Growing up in the 90s, the mall was the place to be. I hung out there a lot. I loved the record store and the book store. I eventually worked there at SEARS. I was there all the time. A few times as I parked my car, I wondered how I got there. I had… Read More »