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 »
December 25, 2022 Christmas Day
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December 24, 2022 Christmas Eve 9:00 pm
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Healthy Communication
Dear Church, I have handled a lot of questions around my Resigned Sermon from two weeks ago and I wanted to take the opportunity to clarify a few things. My working hypothesis of the great resignation of pastors stems from unhealthy communication. One way we will avoid burn out and toxic behavior is putting boundaries around… Read More »
Fall 2022
Dear Church! This fall we have a lot of great things lined up! The Worship Team wanted to explore what it means to be a Christian Community. That’s the over-arching theme this fall as we explore various aspects of our Christian Community including it’s purpose, implications and our own roles and obligations Our first exploration will be called Beautiful Together. Being… Read More »
PASTOR’S CORNER April 2022
Spring is hypothetically here, although as I write this the snow is coming down on this Tuesday morning following Easter. We’ve closed the books on the Good Enough series, where we learned how to set the bar a little lower and give ourselves permission to rest. We’ve asked God for guidance in fixing the things… 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 »
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 »
D&D Ministry Update
In October, I started a new Dungeons and Dragons Ministry. Since then, it’s been quite the learning experience! I have gained a deeper understanding of our library, of our community, and of middle schoolers in general. I love it! The kids are unique and fantastic. There’s a core group of friends and we’ve picked up… Read More »
A Vision of the Future
My music folk were hanging and planning some future worship when our choir director Jim asked, “So… what’s like the future of the church? Where are you taking us?” Sometimes the words just aren’t there. That’s why we invented art! The picture on the left comes from the street artist Banksy. I love this picture.… Read More »
