During Lent (the 40-day season leading to Easter), Pastor Laura and I are reflecting on Spiritual Tools (Spiritual Practices) that God has given us to help us live more fully during challenging times. Each Sunday, we will give guidance on how to use a different tool/practice. Last Sunday, Pastor Laura spoke about prayer. We gave […]

This Sunday’s scripture begins with Luke’s version of the Lord’s Prayer, which seems like an abridged version of what we are used to reciting. (The longer version appears in Matthew 6.9-11 as part of the “Sermon on the Mount.”)  This is one of those teaching moments, where Jesus not only teaches his disciples a prayer they […]

Message This week I will conclude the sermon series, “I’ve been wondering…” Over the last several weeks I have reflected on questions you asked: Why does a Loving God allow good people to suffer? Does God have a plan for my life? Why doesn’t God answer my prayers? The last question I’ll tackle is, “How […]

Prayer is part of my life. Every morning I spend time in contemplative prayer – lifting my life before God and centering myself for the day. I pray for healing for patients in hospitals and for guidance for their caregivers. I pray blessings upon couples at weddings, children and teenagers at baptisms, and for those who have died and their families at funerals. I even say […]

“Is it okay to question and doubt?” I’ve heard that question in at least a dozen ways: • “What if I don’t believe God created the world in six literal days? Can I still be a Christian?” • “Do I have to believe everything the Methodist Church says it believes?” • “How could God ever love me if God knew some […]

“Does God have a plan for my life?” That is one of the questions you asked me to address as part of the current sermon series, “I’ve been wondering…” Does God have a plan for my life? If so, what is it? For some people the answer to this question is obvious. They might point to our scripture passage for this week, “For I […]

This week I’m continuing a new sermon series, “I’ve been wondering…” Over the last several months you have submitted questions about which you have been wondering. Questions like, “How can a loving God allow good people to suffer?” and “Does God have a plan for my life?” A question that is particularly relevant right now […]

This week I’m beginning a new sermon series: “I’ve been wondering…”. Over the last several months I received questions about which you have been wondering. Does God have a plan for my life? Does prayer work? How can we live together when we don’t agree? This week I invite us to reflect on a question with which humanity has struggled for millennia: Why […]