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You'll Like This One! It's About a Prison Break!
Pastor’s Ponderings July 2025 “You’ll like this one! It’s about a prison break!” One of my favorite scenes in the movie “The Shawshank...
Pastor Jack
Jul 63 min read


Catching Up with the Spirit
Pastor’s Ponderings June 2025 Catching Up with the Spirit This summer we begin a new sermon series on the Acts of the Apostles. We...
Pastor Jack
Jun 12 min read


Sharing with Others Where We’ve Found Bread
Pastor’s Ponderings May 2025 Sharing with Others Where We’ve Found Bread One of my favorite definitions of evangelism is that...
Pastor Jack
May 42 min read


In the Deep Dawn
Pastor’s Ponderings April 2025 In the Deep Dawn: A Reflection based on Luke 24:1-12 According to Luke, the women went to the tomb...
Pastor Jack
Apr 12 min read


On the Road with Jesus
Pastor’s Ponderings March 2025 “On the Road with Jesus” In Luke 9:51, we read, “When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he...
Pastor Jack
Mar 12 min read


Prayers and Tables
Pastor’s Ponderings February 2025 Praying and eating. Hardly a page goes by in Luke’s Gospel without Jesus doing one or the other....
Pastor Jack
Feb 92 min read


The Work of Christmas
Pastor’s Ponderings January 2025 During this time of year I think about Howard Thurman’s famous poem about the work of Christmas. And...
Pastor Jack
Jan 51 min read


The Weary World Rejoices
Pastor’s Ponderings December 2024 Weary is a good way to describe the state of our world as the calendar year 2024 comes to an end....
Pastor Jack
Nov 30, 20242 min read


Healing the Heart of Democracy
Pastor’s Ponderings November, 2024 In my sermon on October 27th I mentioned the anxiety that many people are facing because of the 2024...
Pastor Jack
Nov 1, 20243 min read


The Bible Story Machine
Pastor’s Ponderings October, 2024 I wish I remembered the details more accurately, but years ago someone told me about a short story...
Pastor Jack
Sep 30, 20242 min read


Promises & Possibilities
Pastor’s Ponderings September, 2024 The Biblical story begins with a promise. God promises the newly created humans that they can...
Pastor Jack
Sep 1, 20242 min read


Building a Life, Part Three
Pastor’s Ponderings August 2024 "Building a Life, Part Three" We’ve been exploring Spiritual Disciplines this Summer, and I’m thrilled to...
Pastor Jack
Jul 31, 20242 min read


Building a Life, Part Two
Pastor’s Ponderings July 2024 “Building a Life, Part Two” In the May newsletter I announced my intention to preach a sermon series on...
Pastor Jack
Jun 28, 20242 min read


Give Us a Like on Facebook
During the month of June we will begin following a schedule of regular postings on social media. Be on the lookout for weekly posts from...
Pastor Jack
Jun 1, 20242 min read


Building a Life
As May approaches and the weather gets warmer and warmer, many of us are looking forward to summer. For me this also means looking...
Pastor Jack
Apr 29, 20242 min read


Do You Know the Way to Galilee?
So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid....
Pastor Jack
Mar 30, 20243 min read


Sharing Our Stories of Faith, part Two
Last month I wrote about sharing our stories of faith, and how talking about our faith out loud helps us to come to a deeper...
Pastor Jack
Mar 16, 20242 min read


Sharing Our Stories of Faith
One morning some years ago, a young bookstore clerk named Deborah arrived at work early to open the shop. Standing at the door waiting...
Pastor Jack
Feb 2, 20243 min read


“The Beginning of the Good News . . .”
. . . is how the Gospel of Mark begins. Most biblical scholars believe that the Gospel of Mark was the first of the four Gospels to be...
Pastor Jack
Jan 1, 20242 min read


In the Eye of the Storm
If someone makes a reference to “Hurricane Hazel” in our home these days, we’re apt to assume that Hazel, our 4-month old puppy, has...
Pastor Jack
Dec 1, 20233 min read
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