Connecting with Congregation Teens Youth - Holly Miller Shank
Inappropriate Behavior, No Long Acceptable – By Alan Mead
Inappropriate Behavior, No Long Acceptable By Alan Mead It would be almost impossible to read any news source over the past few days and not be aware of people, formerly silent, speaking up, revealing incidents of past abuse or misconduct. In many cases, at least...
A surprising sunrise – By Alan Mead
I awoke early as is my custom, to await the morning light and to pray. Although we are on vacation my pattern remains constant, giving balance to the day that is dawning. We are in a wonderful location to capture each sunrise. It has been cold and cloudy. Yesterday...
Preparing for and Recovering from Un-natural Disasters
Preparing for and Recovering from Un-Natural Disasters by The Rev. Martin Homan With the unnatural disasters occurring in New York City and now in a church in Texas do we as pastors and churches need to prepare for such occurrences even at our own doors? Westminster...
Morning Prayer after another day of violence
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, for I have taken refuge in you; * in the shadow of your wings will I take refuge until this time of trouble has gone by. Psalm 57:1 Innocent blood has once again poured out staining pews and crying out for mercy. Violence...
Learning New Skills
Our grandson is five. He is beginning to want to help, with things like baking pumpkin muffins, which I think he experienced in kindergarten over Halloween. Anyway, he came into the kitchen and saw all the ingredients being assembled on the counter. “Can I help?” he...
Morning Hope
Psalm 130:5 “My soul waits for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning, * more than watchmen for the morning.” As I sit in darkness awaiting the morning light this verse often wanders into my mind. This morning as it came in I remembered actually serving as a...
All Saints’ – By Rev. Alan Mead
Today is All Saints’ Day. It is a day when Christians around the world remember and give thanksgiving for those who have died. In many churches I have served the names of all that had died since the previous All Saints’ Day were read aloud during the worship service...
Psalm 52:8-9 – By Rev. Alan Mead
Psalm 52:8-9 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;* I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. I will give thanks for what you have done * and declare the goodness of your Name in the presence of the godly. I am coming through a time of grief and...
Power in Words
The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. Proverbs 15:4 NIV “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” What a lie! The words we speak for better or worse will come to pass. Words elevate or...