Monthly Archives: February 2012

Noah’sArk.  It’s a familiar story, right?  God said to Noah, There’s gonna be a floody, floody…  the animals going into the ark by twosies, twosies and coming out by threesies, threesies… The rainbow in the sky.  God’s promise never to … Continue reading →

Today at church, so much depended on daffodils.  Last week, a member cut daffodils from her yard, brought them to church, and set them on the communion table.  It was such a beautiful gift. This week, another member cut daffodils … Continue reading →

            Had the Gospel writers been lyricists instead, the story might have gone something like this…  (So Good to Be Here…a song by Marty Haugen…in Monty Python fashion, the disciples sit back and relax and simply enjoy being with Jesus.) … Continue reading →

            It’s felt good recently to begin reclaiming my evangelistic “Baptist” preaching voice.  While the message I preach as a UCC pastor is very different from what I heard growing up, the fervor and passion I felt from those sermons … Continue reading →

On the face of it, this is just another healing story.  By the time the man with leprosy approaches him at the end of Mark 1, Jesus already has healed tons of people, including a demon-possessed man and a disciple’s … Continue reading →

            Did anyone time our Announcements last week?  They seemed to go on forever, didn’t they?  It reminded me of a song we used to sing at summer camp:  “Announcements, announcements, announcements.  A terrible death to die, a terrible death … Continue reading →