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Mar 2021
Almost 525,600 minutes since March 15, 2020, when we closed our buildings for in-person worship and other gatherings. The song “Seasons of Love” from the stage musical Rent asks, “How do you measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee, in inches, in miles, in strife …” How about you? How would you measure this year? In anxiety, protests, elections, confusion, illness, masks, an absence of hugs, dusty unused classrooms, Zoom meetings, financial hardships, businesses saying, “Closed”? The song goes on to say about how to......
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A Prayer for the New Year
On this first day of 2021, I greet you with thoughts and words of hope and expectations for a good year and offer this prayer: Gracious God, Thank you for bringing us through a...
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Christmas Blessings
“Christmas is so different this year.” I’ve heard that quite a bit over the last few weeks, haven’t you? Perhaps Christmas IS different at your house in 2020. Some things have changed with ours...
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Love Came Down
Join us for “After-Christmas Coffee with the Pastors” at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 27 via Zoom. That is Pastor Evy’s last Sunday with us before her retirement. She will be at the coffee, so...
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Joy
Some info and a few thoughts: .Due to the rising number of COVID cases and hospitalizations in Pima County, we have suspended outdoor in-person worship as of Dec. 13. We hope to resume outdoor...
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Peace
For now, we are planning to continue to offer in-person outdoor worship on our west patio in December. Beginning Dec. 6, outdoor worship will begin at 10 a.m. rather than 9 a.m. On Sunday...
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Compassion
This morning I woke up thinking about all that’s challenged us in 2020. I felt a tightness in my neck and a gnawing in my stomach as I thought about this year – continually...
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Info and a Prayer
We often think of repentance as something that requires a dramatic turning of our lives – an about-face. Sometimes that’s true. On Sunday, Sept. 20, I’ll be talking about another perspective on repentance as...
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A Typical Day?
Most days begin for me with prayer, stretches for my legs and back, a cup of hot green tea and going through emails. Maybe you’ve wondered about “a day in the life” of your...
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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...
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