Pastor’s Pen

Jesus spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the eyes of the man born blind, saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent).  Then we went and washed and came back able to see. John 9:6-7 Beloved of God, Our Lenten journey […]

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it.  Each builder must choose with care how to build on it.  For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid, that foundation is Jesus […]

As rivers flow from a distant spring to quench our thirst and feed the earth, so let our lives flow from you, our Source, to counter death and nurture birth. – As Rivers Flow from a Distant Spring, All Creation Sings, #1046, David Bjorland Beloved of God, The shift to a NEW YEAR gives us […]

A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.  The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.   – Isaiah 11:1-2 Beloved of God, For some […]

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.” Luke 6:38 Beloved of God, November is a month of Thanksgiving in more ways than one.  It begins with our celebration […]

“I am grateful to God…when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.  Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.  I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am […]

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ…Now you are the body of Christ and individually members  of it.” 1 Corinthians 12:12, 26 Beloved of God, IT’S TIME. One year ago, after 18 months of pandemic […]

“I was there to hear your borning cry, I’ll be there when you are old.  I rejoiced the day you were baptized, to see your life unfold.” Borning Cry, John Ylvisaker Beloved of God, There’s a crow “cawing” outside my office window at Peace right now.  A young bird, newly fledged, he’s trying to figure […]

“The individual is the meeting place of the four elements,” writes John O’Donahue of the ancient Celtic perspective.  “We have come up out of the depths.” We have this privilege, and with it a sacred obligation to live with meaning.  The word obligation sounds burdensome but is rooted beautifully in the Early French ligament – that which binds […]

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. – Jeremiah 29:11 Beloved of God, The instant Itzhak Perlman rolled onto the stage at Benaroya Hall April 20th, applause erupted from the packed house.  The adulation was palpable.  And for […]