Pastor’s Pen

Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of a cedar; I will set it out. I will break off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. Ezekiel 17: 22 Beloved of God Trees.  […]

“As the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth… So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent […]

Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.”  Then the angel departed from her. – Luke 1:38 To those who wait for Emmanuel, During Advent we are invited to ponder all the ways we are waiting for something new to unfold in our […]

“Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” – Matthew 25:1-13 “Every disaster is a local disaster.” – Emergency Plan Standards Notebook, King County Beloved of God, There we were, Bob Wightman and I, with 40 other faith community and non-profit agency reps in King County’s Emergency Planning “war room.”  […]

I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.  Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of […]

As swimmers dare to lie face to the sky and water bears them, as hawks rest upon air and air sustains them, so would I learn to attain freefall, and float into Creator Spirit’s deep embrace, knowing no effort earns that all-surrounding grace. – The Avowal, Denise Levertov Beloved of God, It’s a joy to […]

Pastor’s Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …… . . . . . . . . . Pastor David Wold         The Fifty Days of Easter on the Church’s liturgical calendar ends on June 8, […]