in Pastor's Weekly Message
A Generous Life
Do you remember the stories in Scripture about people wandering or praying or waiting for 40 or more years or days before coming through to a new place? After the Hebrew people are delivered by...
Do you remember the stories in Scripture about people wandering or praying or waiting for 40 or more years or days before coming through to a new place? After the Hebrew people are delivered by...
In each Friday’s weekly email I will give you a brief update about COVID-19 and our church. Here is today’s update: As he did the week before, our Desert Southwest Conference Bishop, Bob Hoshibata, on...
In my Wednesday, April 22, devotion I read “Giving thanks to God for sustaining us is like adding rocket fuel to our spiritual journey.” I started thinking about the power in rocket fuel, propelling people...
When we hit the “pause” button on most things at St. Mark’s back in mid-March, we didn’t know how long it would be before we hit the “play” button again. Well, most things are still...
Darkness Morning has not yet arrived, so it is dark. I remember that today is Good Friday, the day we call “good” because Jesus offered himself so our burdens could be lifted and we could...
Palms Can you think of one word to describe our current times? Perhaps frightening or angering or lonely or opportunity or creativity? Our pastors and staff are mustering all their creativity to stay connected to...
Daily life certainly has changed recently, hasn’t it? This Sunday, March 29, is the fifth Sunday of Lent. It’s also a “Fifth Sunday” which usually means that there’s no Sunday School and all worship together...
It’s a strange time, isn’t it? I’ve been trying to think if there have been other times like this during my lifetime and can’t really think of anything quite like these times of staying away...
A long time ago, I took a class called Ministry in a Time of Crisis. Many concepts from that class stuck with me. In the last few days, two characteristics and two helpful responses to...
Colds…flu….sinus infections….headaches….more colds…this winter has been a challenging one for some in our family and in our church family. Just when it seemed like we were well, someone got a runny nose, sore throat and...