A note from Pastor Travis 3/20/25
The last update of my Fitbit has added an interesting feature. Now, on those few occasions where my step count and zone minutes have been higher than normal for several days in a row the app sends me a message …
The last update of my Fitbit has added an interesting feature. Now, on those few occasions where my step count and zone minutes have been higher than normal for several days in a row the app sends me a message …
This Sunday our scripture passage is Luke 13:31-35. At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, ‘Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.’ He said to them, ‘Go and tell that fox for me, “Listen, …
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. We gathered as a church and heard the invitation to experience a holy Lent through practicing the spiritual disciplines of worship, prayer, self-denial, and service to your neighbor. It is a wonderful journey, and one that …
Good News! The weather forecast for Sunday is clear! This means that we will be holding in-person worship this Sunday. I am grateful for our online ministry and that we were able to worship on ZOOM when we had to cancel in-person worship …
As I write this, I am looking out my window. It is a little after 5:00 and the sun is just starting to set. Every day the sun sets just a little bit later and the day is just a …
One of the things that I love about the Gospels is the picture they give us of the disciples. Peter, John, James and the rest, don’t have it all together. On the contrary, they seem to get it wrong more than they …
Over the last few weeks, I have been rereading and reflecting on some of the words of Rev. Dr. Willam Sloane Coffin, one of the most courageous voices of 20th-century American Christianity. In his book Credo, which is a compilation …
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2025! I pray that this will be a blessed year for you and for our church. If the rest of the year is as eventful as January will be, then our church will have a banner …
Several years ago, our family went to a restaurant to celebrate a family event and the service was slow. It took forever for our food to arrive and I didn’t think they were ever going to bring us the check. …
This Sunday is a very important day in the life of our church. We will be holding two important events. The first of these is Pledge Sunday. It is hard to overemphasize how important our pledges are for the church. …