Hello, friends, We're having a very special worship service at our church this Sunday, January 26, at 11:00am. There will be three...

When I sang in the choir in my youth and young adulthood, one of my favorite songs was from early American music. The composer was...

It's HERE! Christmas is here! Maybe you've been working hard this Advent season, working hard to prepare your heart and life to receive...

"Surely, goodness, and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6...

I guess it takes a church wonk like me to notice that most of December is NOT the Christmas season. We are in the season of Advent; it...

"All that we have and all that we are is from you, O God; we give you but your own." We pray this weekly after taking up the offering. ...

The last couple of Sundays we've been inserting pledge cards in the bulletin. In some ways, this certainly looks like we're asking for...

"The Church is the body of Christ. Christ gives to the Church all the gifts necessary to be his body. The Church strives to demonstrate...

This weekend, Daylight Saving Time ends. There are a couple of things I always have to look up. The phrase is "Daylight Saving Time,"...

Take a moment and try to think something you've never thought before. Is this a hard task? Where do original thoughts come from? How do...

On Sunday, September 1st, I reach my "lectionariversary." I made up that word, and I admit that sometimes such things please me a little...

Back in the Reformation, when the divine right of kings was still taken for granted and Habsburgs and Medicis wielded all the real...

What does water mean to you? When I started here in Pauls Valley, I started pouring water into the baptismal font at the assurance of...

When I think about the impact of Jesus' death on the disciples, I first think about Mary Magdalene in the garden on Easter morning. She...

The last time I wrote deeply about the Holy Spirit (in a blog post last October called "The Holy Spirit is Power") I was thinking about...

Our Book of Order, the constitution of our denomination, says that, "The baptism of our young children witnesses to the truth that God...

I've kinda been thinking of the homilies I preached on Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday as a series. Of course, these events...

At the morning Service of Prayer at 8:00AM every weekday, I read the daily lectionary. These scripture selections complement the Sunday...

I was thinking about the annual rhythms of the church year. We call that the "liturgical calendar." The year starts with Advent, which...

One of my favorite parts of scripture is Isaiah 43:16-19. "Thus says the Lord, / who makes a way in the sea, / a path in the mighty...