2021 Good Friday Service

2021 Good Friday Service

One of our special services each year is our Good Friday service.  This service commemorates Christ’s crucifixion and its meaning for us.  This is a tenebrae (Lt. “darkness”) service which means we gradually darken the sanctuary during the service as...

A COVID Easter

Little did we know that this would continue for over a year-and-a-half. Do I need to describe how odd it is to preach in an empty sanctuary? Or do a Bible study in front of a laptop? Or livestream myself on Facebook? But I am grateful for the technology that allows me...

Danger in the National Parks!

(Easter 2016)  This is embarrassing. Had I remembered I used Mr. Beaver’s quote in a 2010 column I would have chosen something else. But the quote is still important and I still like Mr. Beaver. Oh well.   I love our National Parks. I’ve been to 14 of the 59 parks....