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The God of Money

This week we held our first coffee with the pastor via the online portal Zoom.  It was so great to see everyone’s faces and to chat and connect with people from the Parish.  As I was looking at the screen I realized that all of us, including me, are at high risk for...

Friday to Friday

A week ago we had just gotten word that we would need to cancel all in-person gatherings for the Parish.  In that week a lot has happened. I rewrote Sunday morning worship for an online format and frantically tried to email and call everyone so folks would know of the...

The I in Team

My proudest moments in ministry are the Community Meal that several lay people started when I was serving Valley UM in Veneta, Oregon;  working with a team of folks from the church and conference to sell the Capitol Hill UMC land to Habitat for Humanity; and beginning...

Noticing

This morning I am feeling a little overwhelmed.  There is a lot going on in the world, our community, the church, and my family. It is tempting for me to get in my head when things are like this. I become so distracted by my thought and worries. I spend so much time...