Dear friends, As many did during the pandemic, my friends and I began to set up bi-weekly zoom calls for us to check in on one another,...

Dear friends, This is around the time that people make New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve always liked this tradition, though I’ve never been...

Dear friends, For the last few weeks, always around this time of year, a lot of groups are doing their “year-in-review” lists. A blog I...

Dear friends, We are getting down to the wire. That is the message I have been hearing consistently over these past few days. I am...

Dear friends, I’ve told y’all about my dog, Bailey, before. Bailey is my dog that wants to be around me all of the time. In this past...

Dear friends, On our first Sunday of Advent, I offered a challenge to the congregation; read five verses of Scripture a day, and to pray...

Dear friends, I want to take a minute to thank those who have served on our Trustees over the past few years. A ton of work has been...

Dear friends, This is a week of Thanksgiving, and I wanted to share that for which I am grateful, and why. I am grateful for my wife and...

Dear friends, On Sunday, we had our celebration day, when we celebrated the financial commitments made by the church for the next year....

This Sunday is Celebration Sunday. In our worship service, we will have the opportunity to consecrate our personal commitments for the...

Dear friends, This past Sunday we remembered our Saints. We remembered those we have lost recently from our community of faith, but I,...

Dear friends, This past Sunday we remembered our Saints. We remembered those we have lost recently from our community of faith, but I,...

Dear friends, This past Sunday was our Children’s Sabbath Sunday, which is a great day in the life of a church when third-graders receive...

Dear friends, I am currently taking courses on how to become a coach. I have to say, I was skeptical of the training at first, and it is...

Dear friends, My wife is a special education facilitator, and she was the first to tell me about the “people-first” language that should...

Dear friends, Our fantastic custodian, Carl, was coming through getting things arranged and cleaned up and I noticed that he was wearing...

Dear friends, I recently met a woman in our community who grew up at Embry Hills. She went to church here, was baptized here, and after...

Dear friends, In worship over Labor Day weekend, I had an emotional moment. A few weeks prior the staff and the Regathering Team were...

Dear friends, One of my favorite quotes from Richard Rohr is, “How you do anything is how you do everything.” He has written it several...

Dear friends, I had a church member in a small, country church named Helen who made the best Sour Cream Pound Cake. Everyone agreed, too....