Category: Pastors’ Letters

Come sing, O church, in joy! Come join O church, in song! For Christ the Lord has led us through the ages long! In bold accord, come celebrate the journey …

Have you ever exclaimed “You learn something new every day!”? Whether your teenager taught you how to set up your own Facebook profile, or NPR news offered an enlightening insight …

As I write this letter for Reaching Out, it is now just over 24 hours since Randy, Beth, Ian and Charlotte landed in New Zealand. Facebook updates confirmed their family’s safe …

The fourth commandment is one of the longer ones. It says this: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; …

As the summer fast approaches, people are busy considering vacations and travel plans. There are lots of logistics involved in picking up from one place and visiting another: Who will …

If we spent March and early April in the season of Lent, thinking about how our broken lives were part of the reason Christ went to the cross, the goal …

In reading through the Easter stories in the gospels, I was struck by how much movement is associated with this special day: The women made their way to the cemetery …

Science fiction writer William Gibson is credited with making the following comment: “The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.” I find this to be a fascinating …

In grammar, an ellipsis is the intentional omission of a word or sentence, done either for emphasis or because the repetition of the word(s) would be redundant. A witty example …

A visitor to the United States wrote the following words: “In America I saw the freest and most enlightened [people] placed in the happiest circumstances that the world affords; yet it …