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Holy Ground

Post author:Rev. Dr. Todd Anderson
Post published:04/13/2023
Post category:Weekly

I love gardening. This time of year is intoxicating! I love seeds and plant alot of them. The smell of flowers and trees in bloom is a reminder of the…

What a difference a day makes!

Post author:Rev. Dr. Suzanne Allen
Post published:04/06/2023
Post category:Weekly

Some of you will read this article in the Friday News and Happenings e-blast. It will be Good Friday, a day of solemn remembrance of Jesus’ death by crucifixion. It…

Procession

Post author:Rev. Dr. Todd Anderson
Post published:03/30/2023
Post category:Weekly

Palm Sunday is filled with pageantry and excitement, at least that is what I remember from my childhood. In one of our churches, we had a wooden colt that was…

Anointed

Post author:Admin
Post published:03/23/2023
Post category:Weekly

Well, we're in the home stretch! If you're reading this on Sunday, March 26th, I have 55 days until graduation with my Masters of Divinity degree at United Theological seminary…

The Widow’s Mite or is it Might?

Post author:Rev. Dr. Todd Anderson
Post published:03/16/2023
Post category:Weekly

You remember this story from your childhood. It was told in a certain way “She gave all that she had”. A lovely tale of how the poor have more faith…

Messiah Revealed: Priorities

Post author:Rev. Dr. Suzanne Allen
Post published:03/09/2023
Post category:Weekly

As we move through the 40 days of Lent toward Holy Week, we continue to discover more about who Jesus the Messiah is. So far, Mark’s gospel has revealed to…

Messiah Revealed: Authority

Post author:Kate Smith
Post published:03/01/2023
Post category:Weekly

“When pigs fly,” was one of my grandma’s infamous answers to some of my off the wall requests and impossible questions. If I only knew then that pigs really DO…

Mark 11:15-19 Holy Anger

Post author:Rev. Dr. Todd Anderson
Post published:02/23/2023
Post category:Weekly

Holy Anger, that puts a nice spin on it doesn’t it? Jesus and the disciples are just arriving in town. Jesus takes the lead heads to the Temple and tears…

Moses Moments: Legacy of Love

Post author:Rev. Dr. Suzanne Allen
Post published:02/16/2023
Post category:Weekly

Spending forty years in the wilderness has a significant impact on a person and on a community. Tradition tells us that Moses spent the second 40 years of his life…

Leadership Lessons

Post author:Rev. Dr. Todd Anderson
Post published:02/09/2023
Post category:Weekly

Exodus 16: 2-15 and Exodus 18: 10-27 Have you ever lifted a lid from a pot on the stove and asked out loud, “What is it?” Well you are not…