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...
Jan 27, 2022 | Pastor's Blog
It’s been a long time since I was here, because life happens. We have been dealing with medical issues at my house since last spring. We finally seem to be on the downhill side of that. Thank you, Jesus! So now it is time to start working on all of those...
Sep 10, 2021 | Pastor's Blog
You know that feeling where you are the plate spinner at the circus and all your plates are wobbling and about ready to fall? Only this is real life and if one plate drops it means something important comes crashing down? Yeah, that feeling. That is where I have...
Aug 27, 2021 | Pastor's Blog
Remiss: lacking care or attention to duty; negligent. That is the definition that Google gave me. It is fitting. I have been remiss in tending to my blog lately. It is partly because I haven’t really had much to blog about, but it is mostly because my...
Aug 6, 2021 | Pastor's Blog
I just changed my day off so I could participate in an activity that is near and dear to my heart and see my grandkids more often. I am now working on Fridays. Today is my first one working since I came to Post three years ago. I knew going in that the church...