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Missives from Chas (or other guests bloggers): thoughts, theology, devotionals, etc.
Pastor Chas
Jan 24
Guest Preachers This Sunday (Jan. 26)
Hello, friends, We're having a very special worship service at our church this Sunday, January 26, at 11:00am. There will be three...
Pastor Chas
Dec 31, 2024
A New Song
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...
Pastor Chas
Dec 25, 2024
Blessings of Christmas to All
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...
Pastor Chas
Dec 19, 2024
Remembering Jack Bowman
"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...
Pastor Chas
Dec 3, 2024
Paradoxes of Advent
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...
Pastor Chas
Nov 28, 2024
Returning Thanks
"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. ...
Pastor Chas
Nov 8, 2024
Pledging vs. Giving vs. Tithing
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...
Pastor Chas
Nov 5, 2024
Necessary Gifts
"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...
Pastor Chas
Nov 1, 2024
Fall Back and Rest
This weekend, Daylight Saving Time ends. There are a couple of things I always have to look up. The phrase is "Daylight Saving Time,"...
Pastor Chas
Oct 1, 2024
Creativity
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...
Pastor Chas
Sep 3, 2024
Starting Over and Continuing
On Sunday, September 1st, I reach my "lectionariversary." I made up that word, and I admit that sometimes such things please me a little...
Pastor Chas
Jul 30, 2024
What We Believe, What We Do
Back in the Reformation, when the divine right of kings was still taken for granted and Habsburgs and Medicis wielded all the real...
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