My brother is a professional musician, and every now and then, he turns me on to something that makes my mind go in several directions. Last week he gifted me the autobiography of Miles Davis on Audible. I’ll warn you this is a hard R-rated book! It’s raw and...
We are living in complicated times. We are learning from the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and Sudan that we are globally connected. What happens halfway across the world has immediate effects on the economy, political protest, and migration patterns here in the United...
Can you believe it’s November already? The year seems to have gone by in a flash! Each year I watch the film It’s a Wonderful Life. I can say almost every line by heart! Whenever I come to the end of the film, my eyes flush with tears, I am thankful for the gifts of...
One of the many learnings from COVID that the church can apply to its life, ministry, and mission is to respond quickly to events. The presbytery is learning this lesson as well. Last month when a pastor’s “quit literature” blog went viral, the presbytery met online...
I spent a wonderful time at the minister’s retreat this past Sunday and Monday. There was time for listening and learning, plenty of meals and food, great fellowship, and tons of arts and crafts! The best part is getting to meet and know our fellow pastors and...
Our country and the world are experiencing a great upheaval this week because of the Hamas strike against Israel. Although the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has shown us the brutality of war, what Hamas did (not what the Palestinians did, or the Muslims did)...
