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See No Stranger

As part of our work as clergy in our area we are reading the amazing book See No Stranger: a Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valerie Kaur.  Twice a month I will be gathering with a small group of other area United Methodist Pastors to explore and discuss the book...

Discernment practices

This week we are taking some time to practice discernment. On Sunday I shared 4 exercises from Ignation Spirituality as a eay to get started. You can pray, or imagine in your mind, or journal through the prompt and see what God opens up to you. The four practices are...

Stewarding our Holy Character

Each year we take a month in the fall to promote stewardship. This is when we remember the promises we make to one another as a community and think about how we want to live out those promises. As United Methodists we promise when we join a new church to uphold our...

A GREAT Meeting

This past Sunday we met to revise our 5 year plan.  About 20 folks attended and it was a wonderful, hope-filled, exciting conversation.  To focus on the gift we have of amazing people we agreed to continue our focus on learning and creating space for leadership. ...

Preschool update

The preschool that has shared space with us for decades now is not opening this fall.  After long time teacher and more recent owner Jennie moved on last year a couple of neighborhood moms decided to take over.  They struggled all last year to get a cohort of...

Getting curious

Last week when I was officiating a wedding I was rocking my cool new clergy collar dress. I have to admit my hair has become grayer and grayer over the last few years. So I definitely look like I’m in my 40’s. As I was meeting with the dj to get my mic set...