Oct 19, 2022 | Pastor's Blog
My mantra for today is, “I don’t wanna.” I woke up with a headache this morning. This is never a good sign for the rest of my day. Usually, I can treat a headache with ibuprofen and it gets a lot better. When I wake up with one there is nothing that really helps...
Sep 27, 2022 | Pastor's Blog
I got some unwanted news at my eye doctor appoinment last week. You know the kind that requires more doctors and more followup appointments. Yeah, that kind. The eye doctor wanted me to go see a medical doctor for some tests and come back and see him in three...
Sep 2, 2022 | Pastor's Blog
I am currently on a tour in the Holy Land with a group of people which includes a fellow UMC pastor. During our devotional time this morning, she told us about baptizing an elderly, non-responsive man in the last days of his life. When he encountered the baptismal...
Aug 11, 2022 | Pastor's Blog
Let me say this. Mental health issues stink! We (my husband and I) have been dealing with them all week. It was bad enough when it was a stranger who showed up at the church because he really had no other place to go. At least we could talk to him. We could feed...
Aug 2, 2022 | Pastor's Blog
I had the opportunity this week to visit with a long time member of my church who is now in an assisted living facility and is therefore no longer able to come to church. This is not so unusual in the life of a pastor, especially in mainline denominations. We had to...
Jul 11, 2022 | Pastor's Blog
It’s been a while since I was here. If you are following my blog page, you have a small clue as to why. As is the life of any United Methodist pastor, I have moved to a new appointment nearly 500 miles away from my last one. I had to separate my blog from my...