June 26, 2020
Asking God’s Guidance to Do the Right Thing
Art and I are watching a series on our TV on Acorn in which one of the main female characters rarely takes responsibility for things that go awry on the family ranch that she runs....
June 19, 2020
Father’s Day, Fires, Juneteenth & a Prayer
Right now I stop for a moment to give thanks for the men I know who serve, lead and love with kind and generous spirits and offer them a “Happy Father’s Day.” Those include the...
June 12, 2020
Fire and Hope
My puppet, Flynn the firefighter, joined me twice this week for “Who’s With Me Tonight?”* at 7 p.m. on St. Mark’s Facebook. On Monday, Flynn and I talked about how some things like fire are...
June 05, 2020
Working the Puzzle
One of the satisfying things about working a jigsaw puzzle is that you can put in the last piece, smile and take joy in knowing you’ve completed it. My daughter, Julie, and I are working...
May 29, 2020
Breathe
I can feel myself beginning to get impatient. Some people are naturally patient but I’m not. I work to cultivate patience through thoughts and prayers. But my mind is constantly twirling with next things, plans,...
May 22, 2020
Our Pause
Back in March we paused all in-person gatherings on our church campus for the health and safety of all those who attend worship, classes, committees and groups at our church and for our church staff....
May 15, 2020
Info, Thoughts, and Prayer
For this week’s message I’d like to share a couple of updates, a few thoughts about our current sermon series, and a short prayer. First, on Wednesday, May 13, our Bishop, Robert Hoshibata reiterated that...
May 08, 2020
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...
May 01, 2020
Updates and a Prayer
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...
April 24, 2020
Rocket Fuel
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...